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{{Personnel
|id=1299
|Surname and forenames=Mason David
|Army number=4456288
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Prisoner of War=20A, 10525
|Home address=65, Wooler Crescent, Gateshead
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Rank=Private.
 |Age=78 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date known but probably late Spring 1939, judging by the Regimental Number.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably around 21st May 1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers 28/6/45, Authority: Part II Order 11th A & S H 43/45.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date known but probably late Spring 1939, judging by the Regimental Number.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War - 20th May 1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers 28/6/45, Authority: Part II Order 11th A & S H 43/45.
 |Task or role=Bugler.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag Number 20A - Torun, Poland.  PoW Number 10525.

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 |Surname and forenames=Mason David
 |Army number=4456288
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Age=78 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date known but probably late Spring 1939, judging by the Regimental Number.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably around 21st May 1940.  Repatriated.  Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers 28/6/45, Authority: Part II Order 11th A & S H 43/45.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date known but probably late Spring 1939, judging by the Regimental Number.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably around 21st May 1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers 28/6/45, Authority: Part II Order 11th A & S H 43/45.
 |Task or role=Bugler.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag Number 20A - Torun, Poland.  PoW Number 10525.
-|Home address=Worked as a Coal Miner.  Lived at 25, Walker Street, Teams, Gateshead.  Lived at 65, Wooler Crescent, Gateshead.
+|Home address=Worked as a Coal Miner.  Lived at 25, Walker Street, Teams, Gateshead.  Later lived at 65, Wooler Crescent, Gateshead.
 |Source table=1TS
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=78 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date known but probably late Spring 1939.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably around 21st May 1940.  Repatriated.  Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers 28/6/45, Authority: Part II Order 11th A & S H 43/45.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date known but probably late Spring 1939, judging by the Regimental Number.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably around 21st May 1940.  Repatriated.  Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers 28/6/45, Authority: Part II Order 11th A & S H 43/45.
 |Task or role=Bugler.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag Number 20A - Torun, Poland.  PoW Number 10525.
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 |Date of birth=10/12/1919 - birth registered January 1920 - mother's maiden surname Temple.
 |Company/Battery=HQ Company.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=Band.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Band.  "Action" role would probably have been as a stretcher-bearer.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=None known.

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 |Army number=4456288
 |Rank=Pte
-|Age=0
+|Age=78 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, ? Trf Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Posted 11th Bn, Trf Royal Engineers 28/6/45, Auth: Part II Order 11th A & S H 43/45.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date known but probably late Spring 1939.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably around 21st May 1940.  Repatriated.  Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers 28/6/45, Authority: Part II Order 11th A & S H 43/45.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Bugler.
-|Prisoner of War=20A, 10525
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag Number 20A - Torun, Poland.  PoW Number 10525.
-|Home address=65, Wooler Crescent, Gateshead
+|Home address=Worked as a Coal Miner.  Lived at 25, Walker Street, Teams, Gateshead.  Lived at 65, Wooler Crescent, Gateshead.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}