The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant C Mason


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Second Lieutenant Charles MASON, 3rd Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, attached 5th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), killed in action, 27th September 1918.

1880 born Altofts, Yorkshire, son of William Mason.


18th October 1905, West Riding Constabulary, Charles Mason, 628, age 25 years, 1 month, height 5ft 9 inches, fresh complexion, grey eyes, dark brown  hair, right 1st finger, nail deformed, born Altofts, Wakefield, Yorkshire, salesman, single, resident Wakefield, public service Army, 19th Hussars, length of service, 4 years 279 days, discharged 14th September 1904, last employed G Nash, Bexley Heath, Kent. Warrant No.6938; 25th October 1906, advanced from 3rd to 2nd Class; 24th July 1907, injured by falling off horse;  1st November 1907, advanced from 2nd to 1st Class; 19th January 1910, awarded £1 for his meritorious act in stopping a runaway horse in Westgate, Wakefield on the 24th December 1909; 1st September 1912, promoted Sergeant, Mounted Branch; 1st November 1912, appointed to Good Conduct Class, 7 years.


19th September 1906, St John the Baptist, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Charles Mason, age 26, bachelor, Police Constable, 71 Westgate End, father, William Mason, deceased, coach builder, married Ethel Taylor, age 27, spinster, 30 Bolne Lane, father, George Logan Taylor, deceased, painter.

Children - Charles William Mason, born 10th April 1908, Wakefield, Yorkshire; Alice Lavinia Mason, born 1st January 1913, Wakefield, Yorkshire.


1911 Census - 7 Manor Road, Wakefield, Yorkshire - Charles Mason, head, age 31, married, Police Constable, West Riding Constabulary, born Altofts, Yorkshire; Ethel Mason, wife, age 32, married 4 years, 1 child, born Wakefield, Yorkshire; Charles William Mason, son, age 3,  born Wakefield, Yorkshire.


Enlisted Wakefield, Yorkshire, age 35 years & 3 months. Resided 1 Hatfield Street, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Formerly Police Sergeant.

Home 15th November 1915 to 14th March 1917; BEF 15th March 1917 to 2nd September 1917; Home 3rd September 1917 to 26th March 1918.

15th November 1915, enlisted; 17th November 1915, Helmsley, posted 21st Battalion, Kings Royal Rifles, Rifleman; 18th November 1915, promoted Sergeant; 1st September 1916, transferred to 91 st Battalion, Training Reserve; 8th November 1916, attached Machine Gun Corps; 15th March 1917, posted BEF, 205 Company Machine Gun Corps, Company Quarter Master Sergeant; 3rd September 1917 posted Training Cadets/Corps; prior to receiving Commission, Colour Sergeant, Machine Gun Corps, Service No.67698; 26th March 1918, Commissioned.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, France.


London Gazette 28th March 1918.

War Office, 28th March 1918. - Special Reserve of Officers.

The under mentioned from Officer Cadet Units, to be Second Lieutenants. - Royal West Kent Regiment - Charles Mason.


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