Army Number : 70010 (formerly 5385 Lincolnshire Regiment)

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Doddington, Cambridgeshire. Son of James and Emma Jane Mason, of Ransonmoor, Doddington, Cambridgeshire. He was a grocer’s assistant prior to enlisting at Boston, Lincolnshire. He was killed in action, 6th February 1917, aged 23, whilst serving in the line near Wieltje, Belgium.

Buried: Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 1. Row R. Grave 16.

Private William Mason is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Doddington, Cambridgeshire.