In Memory Of

MASON, CYRIL CHRISTOPHER

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 810
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 125th Siege Bty.
Regiment:
 South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
 1917-01-26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. At Englebelmer since October 1916, the battery moved to a new position on the 20th January 1917, on the road Mailly Maillet-Auchonvillers.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. E. 1-3.
Cemetery:
 MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of John and Sophia Mason, of "Beechleigh" Rutland Rd., Maidenhead. Born White Waltham, Berkshire. Previous service with Royal Artillery. Purchased discharge in 1914. A steward on Railway Dining Cars with South Africa Railways and Harbours. On Cape Town "Company Gardens" Artillery Memorial.