WW1 DEATH PLAQUE TO WELSH REGIMENT, MAMETZ WOOD, SOMME.
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WW1 death plaque named to Walter Frank Mason, Pte 31512, 19th Welsh Regiment. Also with large colour photo of his grave and the plaque's original thick wax cardboard envelope. His details from the West Wales War Memorial Project website as follows:- Walter was the son of Charles William and Sarah Anne Mason, of Herne Hill, Surrey. Prior to the war he resided at Garnant with his brother Alfred, and married Margaret Jenkins in 1907. The couple set up home at Pedol View, Garnant. Walter enlisted at Ammanford into the 19th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, who was attached to the 38th (Welsh) Division as Pioneers. The Division had landed in France during December 1915 and had spent their first winter in the trenches near Armentieres. In June they marched south to the Somme, where they were tasked with the capture of Mametz Wood. The attack on the wood began on 7 July, but met with fierce resistance, and it took until 11 July to clear the wood. Walter was wounded during the assault and brought back to the Casualty Clearing Station at Heilly, where he died of wounds on 12 July 1916, aged 37. He is buried there at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France. Plaque and envelope are in very good condition. Also included in the lot is an original letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commision from 1992, issued upon payment of £2, summarising
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