Leicestershire War Memorials

Private Arthur J Mason, 240689

Batt - 1/5
Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
Section -

Date of Birth -
Died - 21/06/1917
Age - 20

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the grandson of Charlotte Mason. The War Diary for today records. RED MILL. Accidental gassing of C Coy by ROYAL ENGINEERS, cylinders of gas fell in our line. Casualties 3 officers and 91 other ranks of whom 22 died.

Leicestershire Project Findings

Conflict - World War I
Burial Place - Ii B 29, Noeux-les-mines Communal Cemetery

Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
Burial Commemoration - Noeux-les-mines Com. Cem., France
Enlisted - 1914 In Hinckley, Leics
Place of Residence - 64 Queen's Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
Memorial - HINCKLEY MEM., LEICS

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