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A First War Medal Group to the 7th Infantry Battalion; Lost at Gravenstafel Ridge 1915

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A First War Medal Group to the 7th Infantry Battalion; Lost at Gravenstafel Ridge 1915

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A First War Medal Group to the 7th Infantry Battalion; Lost at Gravenstafel Ridge 1915

1914-15 Star (16794 Pte W.R. MASON. 7/CAN:INF:); British War Medal (16794 PTE. W.R. MASON. 7-CAN.INF.); and Victory Medal (16794 PTE. W.R. MASON. 7-CAN.INF.). Naming is officially impressed. Court-mounted, light contact, better than very fine. Accompanied by copies of his Index Cards, Attestation Paper, Service Records and Pay Records. Footnote: Walter Richard Mason was born on August 15, 1876 in London, England and was the brother of Mr. E.W. Mason of London. He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (16794) on September 23, 1914, at Valcartier Camp, at the age of 38, naming his next-of-kin as Victoria Eyrie, stating that he had eight years' previous service with the 7th Royal Fusiliers, that he was not married and that his trade was that of Labourer. Mason is listed on the Nominal Roll of the 7th Infantry Battalion, which was raised in British Columbia and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P.C.O. 2067, August 6, 1914, sailing on October 3, 1914 with a strength of 47 officers and 1,176 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W. Hart-McHarg. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division. Six months after arriving in Europe, Mason was Killed in Action on April 26, 1915 in the trenches south of St. Julien, at Gravenstafel Ridge, during the Second Battle of Ypres. He is remembered with honour on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, Grave Reference: Panel 18-28-30 and is commemorated on page 28 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. His War Medals, Memorial Plaque and Scroll were forwarded to his brother, E.W. Mason in London.