BORN GRIMSBY 1897. SON OF GEORGE HENRY MASON & LOUISE MASON, OF 14 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE LIVED IN HULL. WORKED AS A BAKER’S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/07/1916, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED, ON THE GILLETT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916).
First name:
GEORGE HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
10804
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
