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Cadet Frederick Chalres Marwood
Royal Flying Corps No.2 Cadet Wing
from:Regina, Sask. Canada
My Grandfather Frederick Charles Marwood, was born in 1888 near Birmingham. He was in the Territorial Force (Warwick) for 1 yr. 315 days, & was discharged in 1908, when he was going to Canada. He became a Royal North West Mounted Police, then later was a Constable with Regina Police Force, Regina, Sask. Canada. He joined up with the Canadian Air Force, originally with the 38th Overseas Battery. On Oct. 6th he was awarded a medal for bravery at the Somme with helping a fellow officer in heavy Fire. He was discharged from the Canadian Air force on the 11/8/1918 since he was appointed Flight Cadet with the R.F.C. He was with No. 2 R.F.C Cadet wing, No. 2 Squadron Reg. No. 301609. Date of joining Wing was 23rd Jan 18. Around 1919 he was 2nd Lieut. I knew he flew a Camel airplane. I am lucky that I have most of his documents from his life in the Air Force etc.
Pte. Harold Marwood
Yorkshire Regiment 6th Btn.
(d.9th Oct 1917)
Pte. Herbert Mash
Canadian Expeditionary Force 195th (City of Regina) Btn.
from:Regina, Saskatchewan
Herbert Mash was born in England in 1889 and emigrated to Canada in 1912. His Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force attestation paper is dated 29th March 1916. He sailed for England sometime in November 1916. On 11 November 1916 the 195th was absorbed into the 32nd Reserve Battalion. Reserve battalions provided replacements for those men who had been injured or killed in action, so Herbert could have ended up fighting anywhere in France or Flanders. According to one site I looked at, it is possible that he fought at or near Vimy Ridge, but I have not been able to confirm this. Herbert survived the war and died in 1962 in Vancouver.
Pte. John Thomas Mashiter
British Army 15th (Salford Pals) Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:104 North Road, Carnforth
Tom Mashiter served with the 1st Salford Pals, he died in 1963.
Sister. Maskell
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Cpl. Frank Maskell
British Army 5th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
(d.11th Aug 1918)
After my mother-in-law died we found a letter which she had kept from when she was 8 years old from a soldier. It is dated November 16th 1916 and was written from no.14 General Hospital, Victoria Hotel, Boulogne France, with the title of 564 Cpl F Maskell (or Marshall), 5 South Staffs and he signed his name as Frank. The letter reads as follows:
My dear Miss Gladys,
Just a few lines thanking you very much for your egg which I had for my tea and it was quite good too. Well I hope you wont be offended at such strange a letter, but I know it is so nice to hear where the eggs get to at times. Well I sincerely hope you are keeping all right and still sending eggs out to France as it is quite a nice change down here from up in the trenches. I am a little better myself today and I hope you certainly won't mind me answering the egg I received to day in such a common way. I must close now or I shall miss the post.
Your sincere friend, Frank.
I would love to know if he survived and what his name was. I would like to find out if he had any relations who might like this letter.
Editor's note: The soldier was Frank C. Maskell of the 1/5th South Staffordshire Regiment. He recovered from his stint in hospital and and returned to the front line, he was promoted to Acting Sgt. but lost his life on the 11th of August 1918 and was laid to rest in Fouquieres Churchyard Extension Cemetery in France. Many of the men who are buried here were injured on the battlefield and succumbed to their injuries whilst being treated at the Field Ambulances which were based in the village of Fouquieres, which is near Bethune in Northern France.
Cpl. George Ernest Hampshire Maskell
British Army 253rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:near Boston, Lincolnshire.
Cpl. Francis Maskery
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Old Whittington, Chesterfield
(d.Aug 1915 )
Francis Maskery had served in the Navy during the Boar War. He was married in 1905 to Hilda Buck and the couple had three daughters. During WW1 Francis served in the 9th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. He was killed in August 1915 in Gallipoli. He left a widow with 3 young daughters.
I am his great grand daughter and in 2015 I am going to Gallipoli to see his name on the memorial there - 100 yrs after his death.
Pte. Albert Vincent Maskrey
British Army 15th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.24th Sep 1916)
In Memory of A V Maskrey, Private, 1450, 15th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died on 24 September 1916 (Served as Jones). Remembered with Honour Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension.
Albert Maskrey was my Gt Grand dad. He was 22 yrs old when he died. My Nan was only 2 yrs when he died so never really knew him. She was always told he pulled the pin out of a hand grenade and it blew up straight away. He didn't pass then, he died whilst being treated. I wish I could find out more about him, and find out if he lived a day? hours? a week? It would be nice to know.
Cpl. Francis Maskrey
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:New Whittington, Chesterfield
(d.9th Aug 1915)
Francis Maskrey was born on 7th December 1883, in Whittington, Derbyshire, the son of William and Mary (Swift) Maskrey. He was one of 14 children. During the Boer War he served in the Navy. After his release he married Hilda Buck. They were married on 4th December 1905 in Chesterfield. The couple had three girls.
On 6th August 1914, Francis joined the newly formed 9th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. He was sent to Belton Park near Grantham to train. On 4th April 1915 the battalion left Liverpool for Gallipoli. Francis and his brother Robert made this journey. They arrived on the 6th/7th August 1915 and two days later Francis was killed. His body was never recovered or identified. He left a 18-year-old widow with three young daughters.
Rflmn. John Henry Maskrey
British Army 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.1st July 1916)
John Maskrey joined the 10th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps on 4th of September 1914. By 9th of September, he was posted for training at the KRRC Winchester Barracks. On 18th Of September, he was discharged as medically unfit under the Kings Regulations. Not satisfied with the outcome, a year later, in 1915, John tried once again to join the British Army, this time enlisting with the 1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbys) Regiment.
Within months, he was posted to France and the village of Gommecourt at the Northern most point on the Somme. On 1st of July 1916 he was posted as missing believed killed. His body was never found and he has no known grave.
On 26th of June 1917, his photograph appeared in the Nottingham Evening Post newspaper as one of four Sherwood Foresters presumed dead. His widow, Florence (Wildman) Maskrey married again to William Radford. John Henry is remembered on the Thiepval memorial and in the Regiment Role of Honour.
Pte. T. Maslen
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
(d.9th April 1917)
Cpl. A J Mason MM.
British Army 1/15th Btn. London Regiment
I have Cpl Mason's medals but know very little about him except that he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in France.
Pte. Albert George Mason
British Army 2nd Garrison Btn. Essex Regiment
from:United Kingdom
(d.10th July 1919)
Private Mason is buried in the Kamptee Roman Catholic Cemetery in India, Grave 34.
Cpl Alfred Mason
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Cambridge
(d.1st July 1916)
Alfred Mason was my Great Uncle. I found out about him when I was researching my family tree and found out that my Grandfather Frederick Mason (his brother) survived the war serving in the Royal Field Artillery
Cpl. Alfred Mason
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
(d.1st July 1916)
My Great Uncle Alfred Mason joined the Rifle Brigade on 15th October 1914 before conscription became compulsory. He died on 1st July 1916 and has no known grave, his name appears on the Thievpal Memorial for the Missing.
Cpl. Alfred Mason
British Army 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
(d.1st July 1916)
777 Corporal Alfred Mason was my Great Uncle he enlisted in 1914. He was the son of Charles William and Catherine Mason. He was 29 years old when he was killed in action , he has no known grave but his name is on the Thievpal Memorial to the Missing.
Cpl. Alfred Mason
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. Alfred Mason
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Ferryden
(d.11th May 1916)
Private 16986 Alfred Mason died on the 11th May 1916 and commemorated at Dud Cemetery Loos France.
Cpl Arthur George Mason
British Army 1st/5th Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Lozells, Birmingham, Warwickshire
(d.18th Aug 1916)
This is my great uncle Arthur Mason and I would just like to know that he will not be forgotten.
Gnr. Bert Mason
British Army 151st Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:92 Graving Dock Street, Barry Dock
(d.2nd October 1917)
A/Sgt. Charles Henry Mason
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Isenhurst House, Cross-in-Hand
Charles Mason joined up in August 1915 and went to France in March 1916. He survived the Battle of The Boars Head on 30th June 1916, but was injured twice in the Somme Battles of 1916. At the second injury, he was sent home. He then returned to service and was sent on secondment to the King's African Rifles, arriving in Africa in November 1917 and returning home again in April 1919.
I have his dog tags and medals. He was my great-grandfather and I had the privilege of knowing him for a short while.
Cpl Conrad Mason
British Army B Battery, 83rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Colchester
(d.1st Oct 1917)
Able Sea. E. V. Mason
Royal Navy H.M.S. Q36
(d.30th March 1917)
Able Sea. E. V. Mason served on H.M.S. Q36.
Mstr. Ernest Mason
Merchant Marine SS City of Brisbane
(d.45 Queensway, Liskard, Cheshire)
My father became a wireless telegraphist with the Merchant Marine in 1918. His first posting was to the Ellerman Lineā€™s SS City of Brisbane (reg no 140561). Her maiden voyage was from London Tilbury, commenced 10 June 1918, to Plymouth arr 12 June; dep Plymouth 14 June for Boston, Mass, USA, arr June 24; dep Boston 8 July for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, arr 10 July; dep for London 11 July, arr 23 July 23 1918. I was able to obtain these details from the shipā€™s log book at the Maritime Museum in Newfoundland. The log book lists Shipā€™s Master Ernest Mason and most of the crew. The Museum did not have the ship's log belonging to the second voyage, destination Buenos Aires, when she was torpedoed off Newhaven, Sussex on 13th of August 1918. All the crew survived, reaching shore by lifeboats.
I recently obtained from the National Archive a copy of a chart showing the site where the City of Canberra's wreck is located, and a file released by the Air Historical Branch Air Ministry only in 1967, but kept closed until 1969. The ship was originally identified as the SS Lincoln, but then altered by hand to the SS City of Brisbane (Battery Commander Report of 13.08.1918 relating to the Newhaven Garrison, of action taken at the time) The Fire Commander (Maj. Playfair, RGA) of the 10th Kent and Sussex Fire Command stated that as no submarine had appeared active at the time in the vicinity, it was not certain whether the ship had been torpedoed or had struck a mine
Later, it was confirmed that the SMS UB 57 had torpedoed the ship. The submarine was commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Johannes Lohs, and was heading back to base at Zeebrugge when contact was lost on 14 August 1918. It was believed to have hit a mine, and all 34 of her crew were lost. Before he became a submariner, it seems that Johann Lohs had also been a radio operator.
This year (2019), I found the details for the UB-57 on Wikipedia, and what had happened. I think these details became available only in 2014, because when I tried researching in 2005 there was little information. If you require any reference numbers relevant to any of the documents I have referred to, let me know. The chart is a rough sketch that determines the wreckā€™s position by using a buoy known to have been anchored to the shore battery on the cliff, and by sightings from the batteryā€™s gun emplacement. The lifeboats had started leaving the ship at 5:35 pm, and Torpedo Boat 14 left Newhaven Harbour at 5:40 pm. At 5:52 pm, a depth charge was dropped by the trawler Rye, presumably after the City of Brisbane's crew had told them they had been torpedoed. More depth charges were dropped between that time and 6:30 pm by trawlers and P-Type torpedo boats (REF: AIR 1/562/16/15/67 RC 1644035). The wreck was visited by a diving team (Scuba Diving UK Scuba Steve). I forwarded what brief details I knew to them, but they were unable to dive again on the 100th anniversary of the event due to unfavourable conditions in the English Channel. As yet, the missing log book has not been located, but it may have been lodged with the Board of Inquiry held after the sinking. I wondered what cargo had been lost, but no one seems able to supply any details.
Shipā€™s Master Ernest Mason died in 1963, my father died in 1955, and no one seems to be researching the Mason family, although I was able to find he had married Louisa Mary Shuttlebotham Hess at Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1909. He was born at Egremont, Cheshire in 1870, and his home address in 1918 was given as 45 Queensway, Liskard, Cheshire.
Pte. Frank Mason
British Army 1st/6th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:3 Eltham Street, Levenshulme, Manchester
(d.14th Jul 1918)
Frank Mason died age 24. He is buried in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery.
Spr. Frederick Sidney Mason
British Army 257th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers
from:St Johns Wood, London
Pte. George Mason MM
British Army 1/7th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment
(d.14th December 1917)
Pte. George Albert Mason
British Army 1st Btn. Herefordshire Regiment
from:Hawthorn Cottage, Avenbury, Hereford
(d.6th November 1917)
I only know that my grandfather's body lies in Beersheba War Cemetery. It would never have been visited by any family, as my father was his only child and he did not know any details of George's army life, only that he died in WW1. It appears that George Mason went to war when his wife was pregnant with my father, but I am unable to ascertain whether he even knew she was pregnant when he left. I cannot find out when he left Hereford. He was killed in the Battle of Beersheba.
Pte. George Henry Mason
British Army 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:London
My paternal grandfather George Mason enlisted on 25th October 1915 and underwent training ready for deployment to France. It seems he was medically discharged in January 1916 just before the battalion travelled to France in May 1916 and so never saw active service. I'm proud of him for enlisting and undergoing his training I have been informed that he was keen to fight for his country. Sadly there is no record of him after the date of 1919 when my father was born and so sadly I do not know when he died. I am currently researching my paternal ancestry and especially military history as my father served in the Second World War and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his bravery.
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