| Surname: | Mason |
| Initials: | J E |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/16436 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 10/7/1915. Formerly Pte. 1/1 Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry. No. 2464. He was born in St Andrew's, Penrith enlisted and resided in Penrith. No inscription on gravestone. Information from CWGC form Information as to location of graves: he was first buried in Poppelsdorfer Friedhof, Bonn, Germany Info from Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Died, Illness. Left £32.10.13 to his Mother Sarah Ann Doran, Railway Hotel, Penrith. Info from pension card: John Edward Mason, No. P/16436, A/L/Cpl, MMP, 23/2/1919 died from influenza, claimant Mrs Sarah Ann Doran, mother, born 1857, Railway Hotel, Penrith, Mother, born 1857. Claimant died 12/2/1921 transfer of pension refused, 126/3/1922. John Edward Mason. Extract from the Penrith Observer 7 March 1944. 25 YEARS AGO. His death presumably from pneumonia occurred at Bonn, Germany of Corporal John E Mason, Military Mounted Police, younger son of the late Mr. Richard Mason and of Mrs Doran, Railway Tavern, Penrith. |
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| Date of Death: | Feb. 23, 1919 |
| Company: | MMP 34TH DIV |
| CWGC Link: | 330002 |
| Cemetery: | COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, GERMANY 🇩🇪 |
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