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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 158

The Queen's South Africa Medal awarded to Private H. Mason, 2nd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry, later 10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion, who was killed in action serving with that latter unit in Palestine on 10 March 1918

Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6238 Pte. H. Mason. Shrops:L.I.), edge bruise, very fine

Henry Mason was born at Hereford and enlisted at Shrewsbury around outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War. Posted to South Africa he served throughout that war and remained with the Regiment, entering the Great War in France on 10 February 1915 with the 2nd Battalion. Mason was wounded by a gunshot to the face, being sent to the 2nd General Hospital on 9 May 1915.

After his convalescence Mason was posted to the 10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion who were serving in Palestine. He was still there in March 1918 when they saw action at the Battle of Tel Azur, the advance north from Jerusalem. The 74th (Yeomanry) Division advanced on and seized the town of Selwad on 9 March, the next day Mason was killed in action, he is buried at the Jerusalem War Cemetery; sold together with copied research and an extract from The Shropshire Yeomanry.

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£170

Starting price
£80