Five: Able Seaman E. Mason, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (E. Mason, A.B. H.M.S. Monarch.); 1914-15 Star (174565. E. Mason. A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (174565 E. Mason. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (174565. E. Mason, A.B. H.M.S. Isonzo.) good very fine (5) £160-£200

Edward Mason was born in Preston, Lancashire in May 1877. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in July 1893, and advanced to Able Seaman in September 1897. Service included with H.M.S. Monarch, January 1897 - April 1900, and with the Proserpine (cruiser) the Egmont and the Fleet Messenger Isonzo during the Great War.