Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =MASON, ANDREW NIMMO=, Private, No. 919, 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders; _b._ Edinburgh, 14 Oct. 1893; educ. Morningside Board School there; was employed as a Vanman with Messrs. Buchan, Dairymen, of Balcarris Street, Edinburgh; enlisted 22 Feb. 1912; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. following. =MASON, ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2367, A Coy, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Joseph Mason, of 11, Tower Terrace, Wood Green, N., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Hammond, of Lower Guiting; _b._ Wood Green, N., 4 Feb. 1883; educ. Higher Grade School there; was a Mercantile Clerk; enlisted in the 2nd Battn. of the London Irish Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914, and trained with them at the White City, London, and Reigate; later he volunteered for the 1st Battn. then at St. Albans, and left with them for France on 10 March, 1915. He was killed in action during the famous charge made by the London Irish at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Arthur Mason.=] =MASON, EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd (attached 2nd) Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., the distinguished 'Cellist and Conductor; only _s._ of Jeremiah Mason, of 1, Ingoldsby Mansions, West Kensington, and Coventry, by his wife Sarah, dau. of William Sutton, of Kenilworth; _b._ Coventry, 24 June, 1878; educ. privately in Coventry and in Germany; began his musical life as a chorister in St. Michael's Church, during the period Dr. A. H. Brewer was organist and choirmaster, and when he entered the Royal College of Music, he had already gained some proficiency as a violinist, 'cellist and pianist. In the course of his studentship he won several exhibitions, and obtained his diploma of Associateship. On leaving there, he was, in 1897, appointed assistant to Dr. C. H. Lloyd at Eton, a post he held until the outbreak of the war. He made his first appearance in London as a 'cellist at the Bechstein Hall in 1900, and was well-known both as a soloist and as a quartet player at Chamber concerts in London and the country. He was a Director of, and principal 'cellist in the New Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted on its first appearance at the Queen's Hall, in 1906, and was engaged in the orchestras of most of the principal musical festivals. In 1907, he established the Edward Mason Choir, formed principally in order to produce new works by the younger British composers, who by his death lost a good friend. Following the outbreak of war, he joined the Universities and Public Schools Battn. early in Sept., received his commission 24 Feb. 1915; went to France at the end of March, and was killed in action near Fromelles, 9 May. In a letter to his father, a brother officer said: "He was killed gallantly leading his men in the attack on 9 May against the German trenches"; and his platoon sergt. wrote that Mr. Mason's detachment came under a devastating fire from German machine guns near Fromelles, and that he fell in a hail of bullets. His portrait was hung in the music school at Eton, where he taught so long and so successfully. Another portrait hangs in the Students' Room of the Royal College of Music. The R.C.M. Magazine for No. 3 Term, 1915, says: "Edward Mason, the man, had many lovable qualities, which endeared him to his friends. He was generous-hearted, good-humoured, and at all times a charming companion. He hated any kind of pose or pretence, and might be described as the antithesis of the conventional musician of the 'long-haired' variety." "He was a fine fellow, and one of the best musicians I ever knew," wrote Dr. C. H. Lloyd, his former chief at Eton. "And all who knew Edward Mason well will endorse this very apt and true summary of his qualities." He _m._ at Ealing 14 Aug. 1905, Jessie, (the violinist and leader of the Grimson String Quartet) dau. of Samuel Dean Grimson. [Illustration: =Edward Mason.=] =MASON, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 7021, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =MASON, HENRY THOMAS=, Chief Stoker, 170258, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MASON, JAMES=, Private, No. 5779, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Mason, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Lincoln; _b._ Sprowston, co. Norwich, 14 May, 1886; enlisted 18 Oct. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 20 Oct. 1908, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Landrecies, 25 Aug. 1914. He _m._ at Norwich, 19 Aug. 1911, Clara (7, Pearces Fields, Sprowston, Norwich), dau. of James Hazelton, and had a dau., Clara Ada, _b._ 5 Feb. 1913. =MASON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 196093, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MASON, JOHN=, Color-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 7778. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MASON, THEOPHILUS=, Drummer, No. 1614, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, yst. _s._ of Theophilus Mason, of 3, Pitley Place, Walworth, S.E., retired Policeman: _b._ New Kent Road, London, S.E., 23 Feb. 1884; educ. Sayer Street Board School; enlisted as a Drummer, 2 May, 1898; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Cuinchy Brickfields, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried in Cuinchy Cemetery (Grave No. 14 F). Sergt.-Drummer A. Douglas of his battn. wrote to the widow; "I feel I must write and tell you how sorry we all feel for you in your sad bereavement. It may be some consolation to you to know that your husband died like a hero and a true soldier. He always had my deepest respect, and I with the remainder of the drummers feel his loss very deeply." He _m._ at St. Stephen's Church, Walworth, S.E., 1 Nov. 1902, Ellen (14, Russell Street, Windsor), dau. of Charles Eagle, of 39, Eltham Street, Walworth, S.E., and had five children: Theophilus, _b._ 26 May, 1904; Charles, _b._ 15 April, 1907; Horace, _b._ 17 April, 1910; Ellen, _b._ 23 Nov. 1905; and Muriel Irene, _b._ 12 March, 1913. [Illustration: =Theophilus Mason.=] =MASON, WALTER TROWER=, Shipwright, 342914, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MASON, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3625), 133388, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =MASSEY. CHARLES THOMAS=, Chief Petty Officer (W.T.O.), R.N.R., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914. =MASSIE, JOHN HAMON, D.S.O.=, Major, Royal Garrison Artillery, yr. _s._ of Edward Richard Massie, of Coddington, Cheshire, and Annefield, Gresford, North Wales, formerly Lieut. 78th Highlanders, by his first wife, Baroness Olga Marie, dau. of Baron von Wessenberg-Ampringen and granddau. of Henry, Baron von Wessenberg-Ampringen, formerly Austrian Ambassador, at St. James', and grandson of Admiral Thomas Leche Massie; _b._ Eaux Chaudes, Basses Pyrenees, France, 10 June, 1872; ed |