BORN HULL 1894. SCULCOATES. ONLY SON OF JAMES MASON & ANN ELIZABETH McBAIN, OF 25, LIDDLE STREET, HULL AND 25, ROSAMUND STREET, HULL.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, HAZEL EYES, BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 2 SEPT 1914. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 40262, WITH THE 21ST BATTALION, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15 APRIL 1915. WOUNDED BY A GAS SHELL, ON 28 OCT 1916 7 TRANSFERRED TO ENGLAND. RETURNED TO FRANCE AGAIN ON 5 JUNE 1917. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 441988, TO 939TH LABOUR CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/05/1918, AGED 24. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 273 DAYS.
HE LEFT A GIRLFRIEND, MISS ANNIE SMITH, AT LINTHORP, MIDDLESBOROUGH, WHO RECEIVED OFFIICAL NEWS OF HIS DEATH BEFORE HIS “SORROWING” MOTHER.
BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE HE LEFT BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE”
