MASON Vernon Richard Arthur

  • First Name(s):
    Vernon 
    Richard 
    Arthur 
  • Surname:
    MASON
  • Service Number:
    PJX159597
  • Rank:

    Boy 1st Class

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Hood
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    24th May 1941
  • Age At Death:
    18
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 51, Column 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William Percy and Evelyn Doris Mason, of Malvern, Worcestershire

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MASON Vernon Richard Arthur Is Named On These Memorials

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Further Information About MASON Vernon Richard Arthur

On 22nd May 1941 HMS Hood left Scapa Flow along with her sister battlecruiser Prince of Wales and a number of destroyers. Their mission was to intercept the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen before they could enter the Atlantic waters and attack Allied shipping. The two ships were sighted in the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland. At 05.52 on the morning of 24th May 1941 the British ships opened fire on the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen. The German ships returned fire and within less than 10 minutes the battle was over. HMS Hood was hit by a number of shells, one of which triggered a massive explosion and led to the ship sinking in less than 4 minutes. Of her crew of 1,418, only 3 survived.

Further information on Vernon Mason including a photograph from:   http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/m/MasonVR.htm

Vernon Mason has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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