Percy Mason
he was a career soldier
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Percy was born in 1891 at Nottingham, he was the son of the late Elijah a railway porter and the late Elizabeth Mason née Guy . He was the brother of Fred and Lilla Mason.
His fathe Elijah was born in 1854 at Redmie, Leicestershire, he died in 1895 at Nottingham, aged aged 41 yrs his mother Elizabeth Guy was born in 1857 at North Muskham, Nottinghamshire she died in 1892 at Nottingham she was 35 yrs, they were married on 11th June 1877 at North Muskham, they had 3 children.
In 1891 the family lived at Lamcote Grove Meadows Nottingham. By 1901 Percy was an orphan (Elizabeth died in 1892 and Elijah in 1895) and an inmate at Muller's Orphan House Bristol. He served as a regular in the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters prior to Great War and was with the unit in Devon in 1911.
Percy Mason enlisted at Newark he was in 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters and went to France with them 8 September 1914, making him an 'Old Contemptible'
At sometime he was wounded or was taken ill and returned to the UK. He then went with 9th Battalion to Gallipoli where he was again wounded and began the journey home firstly via the aid post on Gallipoli, then to Malta for more treatment. He was sent to one of the over thirty hospitals in Manchester where he died on 12th January 1916, and was buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery.
John Morse
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Photo published 31st January 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Percy Mason commemorated on the Screen Wall of Manchester Southern Cemetery - Manchester had a large number of military hospitals and burials were made in the Southern Cemetery. None of these graves were marked individually and screen walls were erected with names. Photo courtesy of John Hartley
Screen Walls at Manchester Southern Cemetery