MASON, FRANCIS ALBERT BRUCE Rank: Guardsman Service No: 2657365 Date of Death: 22/10/1943 Age: 26 Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 2nd Bn. Grave Reference: VI, D, 7. Cemetery: MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Robert and Jane Ann Mason; husband of Elsie Wright Mason, of Willington Quay, Northumberland.http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2606225/MASON,%20FRANCIS%20ALBERT%20BRUCE
No way of telling if he was KIA or DOW, nevertheless - From The Scots Guards 1919 - 1955, David Erskine, pages 177-179: Geoff's search engine identified 17 men from 2 Scots Guards who died between 18/10/1943 and 24/10/1943. 10 of whom are listed for 22nd which tallies with the account above: 5 KIA from Left Flank and 5 from G Company 001 BEVERIDGE A 2698400 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 002 CUNINGHAME JS 186923 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 003 DAVIDSON AJH 2698027 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 004 FARQUHAR RG 2699446 2ND BN 24/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 005 KELLY M 2698991 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 006 KELLY P 2699091 2ND BN 20/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 007 LODER DE 176772 2ND BN 23/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 008 MACRAE J 2694154 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 009 MASON FAB 2657365 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 010 MCGOOCHAN J 2697482 2ND BN 23/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 011 MCGUIGAN W 7340490 2ND BN 24/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 012 MILLAR W 3054492 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 013 OLIVER LG 2698003 2ND BN 24/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 014 RENNIE JF 755665 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 015 SHANKS A 2701027 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 016 SMITH JH 2694423 2ND BN 22/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS 017 TWEEDIE DF 2699568 2ND BN 21/10/1943 SCOTS GUARDS