Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. J. Mason, Lancashire Fusiliers, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 7 July 1916

1914 Star (2929 Pte. J. J. Mason. 2/Lan: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2929 Pte. J. J. Mason. Lan. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (John Mason) good very fine (4) £160-£200

John James Mason attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914. He died of wounds on 7 July 1916, presumably from wounds sustained in the opening week of hte Battle of the Somme, and is buried at Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, France.