Sergeant Neville Ralph Mason, 2616309

  • Batt - 1
  • Unit - Grenadier Guards
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 01/08/1944
  • Age - 28

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Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
The death of Neville Ralph Mason was reported in an article which appeared in the Market Harborough Advertiser of 11th August 1944 (see photograph):

'Market Harborough Guardsman Killed'
'Mrs M. Mason has received news that her husband Sgt. Neville Mason of 24 Goward Street, has died of wounds in France. Sgt. Mason joined up in the Grenadier Guards in April 1939. At the outbreak of the war he went to France, returning via Dunkirk and had been in this country until recently. He was 29 years of age and leaves a widow and one son who is not yet two years. His parents reside at 25 Goward Street.
sgt Mason's wife lost her father in the Great War; Pte DJ Hinion, a Market Harborough man, thus sustaining a loss in both wars.'
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Mason, Sergeant, N. R. Grenadier Guards, died of wounds in France, August 1944.
From Aunt and Uncle and Cousins Norman and Joan, Cold Ashby
From Mother-in-law and all at 91 Welland Park Road, Market Harborough.
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Submitted by B. Hakewill, 2018

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War II
  • Burial Place - Xv K 18, Bayeux War Cemetery

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