Private Thomas Mason, 42955

  • Batt - 1
  • Unit - Cambridgeshire Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth - 27/5/1885
  • Died - 05/09/1918
  • Age - 33

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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 husband of Mrs Grace Lois Mason, he leaves one child. He was a carter before enlistment, he embarked for France on the 20th August 1918, and was killed at Murlu, France just sixteen days after his arrival at the front. Other sources place his death on the 5th August 1919.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Thomas MASON
Private, 1st/1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment, 35 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 42955
He was killed in action on the Somme on 5 September 1918. He was 33
He was the son of James and Clare Mason
He is buried in grave V O 20 Peronne Communal Cemetery, Somme
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M Allbrook 2013

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Burial Place - V O 20, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Cambridgeshire Regiment
  • Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Peronne Com. Cem. Ext., Ste Radegonde, France
  • Born - Stoke On Trent, Staffs
  • Enlisted - 4/4/17 In Oakham, Rutland
  • Place of Residence - 17 Simper Street, Oakham, Rutland, England
  • Memorial - ALL SAINT'S CHYRD. MEM., OAKHAM, RUTLAND

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