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Private Albert Mason

Private Albert Mason (Service Number 3513903) of the Manchester Regiment (missing from Ballincollig Military Barracks, abducted, executed, and disappeared by IRA)

Date of incident: 19 Feb. 1921

Sources: http://www.cairogang.com/soldierskilled/REGIMENTS/regiments/-manchester.htmlhttp://www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleries/-mom/objectfocus/razor#top (accessed 21 Aug. 2015); Pre-Truce Absentees from British Troops in Ireland (INA MA, A/07304); Murphy (2010), 336.

 

Note: Mason was officially reported missing from Ballincollig Military Barracks on 19 February 1921. The authorities initially believed that he was a deserter, but it is ‘now accepted’ that he was abducted by the IRA and executed. See http://www.cairogang.com/soldierskilled/REGIMENTS/regiments/-manchester.html.    

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