A SUPERB WW1 OFFICERS CASUALTY MEDAL GROUP IN OLD FITTED CASE. FULL SIZE ALL CORRECTLY NAMED WITH ORIGINAL SILK RIBBONS. ALL IMPRESSED 1914 15 STAR 2ND LT R. WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL 2ND LT R. RANDALL STEWART MASON WAS THE SON OF MR AND MRS G. MASON OF HAYWAY RUSHDEN NORTHANTS BORN IN JULY 1894. ENTERING OUNDLE SCHOOL (CROSBY HOUSE) IN 1907 UNTIL 1912. HE THEN WENT TO JESUS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE. A PROMINENT ON THE CRICKET FIELD AND AN ACCOMPLISHED GOLF PLAYER AT UNIVERSITY. ON AUGUST 15TH 1914 HE WAS GIVEN A COMMISSION IN THE SPECIAL RESERVE FROM THE CAMBRIDGE O. AND THEN GAZETTED TO THE 6TH BN RIFLE BRIGADE. IN DECEMBER 1914 HE WENT WITH A DRAFT TO FRANCE TO JOIN THE 2ND BN. IN MARCH 1915 MASON WAS PRESENT DURING THE BATTLE OF NEUVE CHAPELLE HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION BETWEEN 4.45PM AND 5.15PM ON 12TH MARCH 1915 DURING THE SECOND ATTACK WHICH FAILED IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS THE FIRST. 2ND LT MASON FELL MORTALLY WOUNDED AGE 21YRS. STUART WAS THE LAST IN THE LINE OF AN OLD RUSHDEN FAMILY. HE WAS BURIED IN THE CHURCH YARD AT NEUVE CHAPELLE. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SOUTH WINDOW OF ST MARYS CHAPEL RUSHDEN. COMES WITH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND COPY PHOTOGRAPHS OF MASON FROM THE UNIVERSITY ROLL AND OUNDLE SCHOOL RECORDS. MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES ON INTERNET A WELL DOCUMENTED OFFICER CASUALTY. The item “WW1 CASUALTY BRITISH OFFICERS MEDAL GROUP CASED RIFLE BRIGADE KIA NEUVE CHAPELLE” is in sale since Wednesday, November 30, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “oldcontemptible1418″ and is located in St. Neots. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Era: 1914-1945
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Service: Army
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued