MASON, Frank Stanley

Rank: 
Lieutenant (Temporary Captain)
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.
Service: 
Army
Number: 
149207
Died : 
Monday, September 13, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
31
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Local Roll of Honour: 

Temporary Captain Frank Mason, 6 Troop, died during operations at Dragone Hill, Salerno, Italy. Son of David Richard and Selina Machel Mason; husband of Dorothy Lilian Mason, of Cricklewood, Middlesex. He was originally buried by house at the top of the steps on the West side of Hill. Map ref. 606307. Buried with a religious ceremony in a communal grave alongside LCpl Formoy and Pte Bennett, D.

Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/5.
No.2 Commando Casualties Salerno document below.
No.2 Commando 6 Troop Dec 1942 image in Gallery.

[Image] Mrs Desiree Roderick MBE.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes

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