
Eric Mason
Service number
LT/KX 135829
Military unit
HMS President III Royal Naval Patrol Service
Address
38 Newton Street, Mansfield
Date of birth
Date of death
11 Nov 1943 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
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Family history
Son of James William and Christian Saxton Mason, of 38 newton Street,Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Siblings: Gladys may (1907), William (1910), Gerty (1912), George (1916), and Ernest (1918).
Military history
Royal Naval Patrol Service:
HMS President 111 was a shore establishment based at Bristol and was the nominal posting for all Naval personnel serving in the Defensively Equipped Marchant ships, such as trawlers and cargo ships converted for war service. They were often used as escort vessels to protect convoys. Eric may have been on the MV Indian Prince which was sunk by German Aircraft off Oran, Algeria which when it was escorting convoy KMS 31.
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