MASON George

  • First Name(s):
    George 
  • Surname:
    MASON
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Unit:
    attached 2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    20th May 1917
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Arras Memorial, France, Bay 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John and Elizabeth Mason, of The Elms, Wickhamford, Evesham, Worcestershire

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MASON George Is Named On These Memorials

Badsey Council School
Wickhamford St John the Baptist Church
Wickhamford Village Hall
Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Wickhamford St John the Baptist Church with the information: 2nd Lieut., Worcs. Regt.
Wickhamford St John the Baptist Church – stained glass window with plaque underneath commemorating his fiancee who never married and died in 1992.

Further Information About MASON George

Enlisted August 1914.

Also served at Gallipoli with 1st Worcestershire Yeomanry.

George Mason was born on 10th April 1891, the son of John Mason. He attended Badsey Council School from 1st April 1898 to 22nd April 1904. The Badsey parish magazine of October 1915 reported that Corporal G. Mason had been invalided from the front line on 5th September due to enteric fever and was in hospital in Alexandria. His illness had been of a serious nature but he was now much better. He is mentioned in the December 1915 magazine as being in hospital in England and then in the April 1917 issue due to his CO and Brigade Commander reporting him as ‘distinguishing himself in the field Feb 27/28.’

The June 1917 parish magazine reported:
On May 28 Mr J. Mason received news that his son, Lieut G. Mason, was wounded on May 20, and a further telegram stated that he had been missing since the same date. The profoundest sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs Mason and Miss Barnard in their anxiety and sorrow, and we trust that reassuring news may yet be forthcoming of this gallant officer. It is an open secret that Lieut Mason was recommended for the Military Cross for the distinguished services to which we drew attention in our issue for April, and Pte G Crisp, writing apparently of the action on May 20, says, “in the opinion of all here he deserved the VC.”

The parish magazine of July 1917 reported that no further official news had been received of Lieutenant G. Mason. The September magazine reported that Mr Mason had been officially informed that his son was killed in action on 20th May. A memorial service was held at Wickhamford on 29th August with a written account given in the same parish magazine.

On the 1911 census George lived in Manor Road and worked in market gardening. He served at Gallipoli with the 1st Worcestershire Yeomanry. By 1917 he had been commissioned an officer and had been reported by his CO and Brigade Commander as having distinguished himself in the field on Feb 27/28″ of that year.

Source for additional information researched by Tom Locke:
http://www.badseysociety.uk/world-war-one/war-memorials-wickhamford

George Mason has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Arras Memorial.

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