Sub-series HBE/1/7 - Interviews with James Mason

2 files, 28.6MB

Two interview recordings. The interviews 'took place in Mr Mason’s own home on November 6th 2017' (transcript).

The interview transcript (HBE/1/11) provides the following background information about James Mason: 'James Mason was born in March 1926 in South Yorkshire. He was called up in 1944 and joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He then made his way through Holland and Belgium to Germany (Dusseldorf in particular) and took part in the victory parade in Paris. Prior to being called up, he worked as a coal miner and was a member of the Home Guard' (transcript).

The interviews include discussion about the British Legion, being demobilised, not talking about the war at home, medals, meeting a girl who lived on a barge on the river Rhine, and his box of memorabilia.

The parent folder (2020-008) contains eighteen audio files (constituting ten interviews) and one Microsoft Word document.

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See also York Normandy Veterans archive (NVA).