Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Outtersteene Communal Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
31 Jul 1915	Gazetted 9 Jul 1917 for Bravery in the Field near Gaville	Coughton  |  Sambourne
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)	November 1914 at Worcester
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
CCS at Outtersteene	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

GASSED IN A DUG-OUT - Evening Dispatch - 23rd August 1917

"Lance Corporal F. H. Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mason, of Coughton, near Alcester, has died from the effects of gas poisoning. Along with three sergeants and a corporal, he was in a dug-out when a gas shell penetrated the wall, with fatal results to all the occupants.

A few weeks ago Lance Corporal Mason was awarded the Military Medal, but unfortunately he did not live to receive it. The information that he had been honoured reached him on the anniversary of his 21st birthday.

Lance Corporal had been a popular member of the Coughton Cricket Club, and prior to the war he worked in his father's business at Coughton Carriage Works".

From this article the war diary clearly shows that this happened overnight on the 22nd/23rd July 1917. We also know that 2nd, 53rd and 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Stations were based at Outtersteene in July & August 1917 so in summary Frederick was wounded by the effects of a gas shell exploding and being gassed and died 17 days later at a Casualty Clearing Station near Outtersteene.