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Surname: MASON
Forename(s): Fanny
Place of Birth: Hawes, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: Staff Nurse
Regiment / Corps / Service: Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve)
Battalion / Unit: Special Reserve
Division: ---
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1917-04-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 'Salta' Memorial.
CWGC Cemetery: STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GIGGLESWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SETTLE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Fanny Mason (born 7 June 1889) was the daughter of Thomas and Catherine Elizabeth Mason, née Capstick. Thomas was born at Cautley and Catherine at Dent, Yorkshire,
1891 Hawes, Yorkshire Census: Dyers Garth - Fanny Mason, aged 1 year, born Hawes, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Mason.
1901 Giggleswick, Yorkshire Census: Tems Street - Fanny Mason, aged 11 years, born Hawes, Yorkshire, daughter of Thomas and Catherine E. Mason.
1911 Crosshills, Yorkshire Census: 52, Rylands Street - Fanny Mason, aged 21 years, born Hawes, Yorkshire. [Fanny was employed by Esther Elizabeth Hartley, widow.]
Fanny lost her life when H.M.H.S. 'Salta' was mined and sank half-a-mile north from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: S/Nurse Fanny Mason, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Theatre of War first served in: H.S. 'Salta'. Date of entry therein: 6.4.17. Dec'd 10.4.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: S. Nurse F. Mason, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Died 10.4.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Staff Nurse F. Mason, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Date and Place of Death: 10.4.17. H.S. 'Salta'. Drowned. To whom issued/Amount: Father - Thomas Mason Esq. £11 8s. 10d.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Staff Nurse F. Mason, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Date and Place of Death: 10.4.17. Drowned. To whom issued/Amount: Father - Thomas Mason Esq. £12 1s. 2d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: S/Nurse Fanny Mason, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Name(s) on card(s): Mother: Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Mason. Address: 17, Mill Lane, Steeton, Nr Keighley, Yorks.
The Nursing Service Record for Fanny Mason is held at The National Archives: (WO 399/5694).
The Five Sisters' Window in York Minster is dedicated as a war memorial to the women of the British Empire who lost their lives, 1914-1918. Fanny is commemorated by name and service in St Nicholas' Chapel in the North Transept of the Minster.
A short biography of Fanny is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
MASON, Nurse Fanny, aged 28, Ivyfold, Giggleswick, drowned ex. H.M.H.S. 'Salter,' April 10, 1917.
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Staff Nurse Fanny MASON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve)
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Staff Nurse Fanny Mason
Courtesy of Mr Tom Greenway, Cowling
Staff Nurse Fanny Mason's British War Medal and Victory Medal
Courtesy of Mr Tom Greenway, Cowling
Next of kin Memorial Plaque
Courtesy of Mr Tom Greenway, Cowling
North Transept, York Minster
Memorial for the Women of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
'Salta' Memorial, Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
Courtesy of Judi Le Gresley
'Salta' Memorial, Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre - detail
Courtesy of Judi Le Gresley
'Salta' Memorial, Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre - detail
Courtesy of Judi Le Gresley
H.M.H.S. ‘Salta’
Source: Unknown
The Capstick family
Photograph of the Capstick family taken at Underwinder, Sedbergh: standing (order not known) - Thomas Capstick, Miles Leighton Capstick and John James Capstick; sitting L-R - Polly Capstick, John Capstick, Martha Capstick, Catherine Elizabeth Mason (née Capsick) mother of Fanny Mason.
Courtesy of Mr Tom Greenway, Cowling
The Nursing Memorial, National Memorials Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
Commemorating the Voluntary Aid Detachment and professional nurses who lost their lives in the 1st and 2nd World Wars
© Nursing Memorial Appeal (WMR-76515)
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27 April 1917
MASON – April 10th 1917, drowned through the sinking of Hospital ship, ‘Salta’, Nurse Fanny Mason, aged 28 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mason, of Ivyfold, Giggleswick.
27 April 1917
GIGGLESWICK – DROWNING OF NURSE MASON
The drowning of Nurse Fanny Mason by the sinking of the hospital ship ‘Salta’ on the 10th instant caused quite a feeling of gloom in the village, and of abhorrence for the Huns, and much sympathy is extended to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mason, of Ivyfold, Giggleswick. Deceased was 28 years of age, and had been in training as a nurse for the past four years, being successful in all her examinations, and a splendid career was in front of her. She commenced her training at Bagthorpe Infirmary, Nottingham, and afterwards removed to St. Herbert’s Military Hospital, Woolwich. She had endeared herself to all her patients by her sympathy and feeling for them in their troubles, and beautiful letters have been received from both the Matrons of the above hospitals, each stating her great qualities as a nurse. For many years she resided at Sedbergh, where she was well known, being the grand-daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mason, of Hebblethwaite Hall, and of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Capstick, of Underwinder. Nurse Mason is the first nurse from the Settle District who has made the supreme sacrifice.
04 May 1917
GIGGLESWICK – NURSE FANNY MASON
We give a photograph of Nurse Fanny Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Mason, Ivy Fold, Giggleswick, who went down in the hospital ship ‘Salta’ on April 10th last. The ship, as stated in last week’s ‘Craven Herald’, was sunk by a German submarine, and the fiendish act has created an intense feeling of horror among the people of this neighbourhood, where Nurse Mason is well known and deservedly respected. Nurse Mason was 28 years of age, and had been four years engaged in her noble profession.
01 February 1918
GIGGLESWICK – The late Nurse Mason
On Friday at the Royal Herbert Military Hospital Chapel a memorial tablet was unveiled by the Chaplain General, Bishop Taylor Smith, in memory of Staff Nurse Fanny Mason and Staff Nurse A. G. Mann, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. who lost their lives on H.M. Hospital Ship ‘Salta’ on April 10th, 1917. Nurse Mason was the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Mason, Ivy Fold, Giggleswick.
05 April 1918
MASON – In sweetest remembrance of Staff Nurse F. Mason. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R., lost at sea April 10th. 1917.
Sad was the day when the news came to me
Of my dear sister lost at sea;
In the pride of her youth she answered the call,
And died a heroine like them all.
She was going to help her comrades
In that land so far from home,
Her life was short, she did her best,
May God grant her eternal rest.
From Mary and Frank, Giggleswick.
MASON – In sad but loving remembrance of Staff Nurse Fanny Mason, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R., who was lost at sea on Easter Tuesday, April 10th, 1917.
“When thou passest through the waters
I will be with thee.”
From Father, Mother, Sisters and Brothers, Ivy Fold, Giggleswick.
11 April 1919
MASON – In ever loving memory of Nurse Fanny Mason, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R., who lost her life on H.M.S. Salta on April 10th, 1917.
Worthy of everlasting love
From those she left behind;
May perpetual light shine o’er her.
Ever remembered by Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters, Ivy Fold, Giggleswick.
09 April 1920
MASON – In dearest remembrance of Fanny Mason who was lost at sea on H.M.S. Salta on Easter Tuesday, April 10th, 1917.
It was God who gave and called away
The one we loved so dear;
She gave her life for the cause of right,
And her country she loved so dear.
Ever remembered by her Father, Mother, Sisters and Brothers, Ivy Fold, Giggleswick.
08 April 1921
MASON – In loving memory of Nurse Fanny Mason, who died at sea on H.M.H.S. Salta, on April 10th, 1917.
“Worthy of everlasting love.”
Ever remembered by All at Ivy Fold, Giggleswick.
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24 April 1917
MASON – Drowned on hospital ship ‘Salta,' April 10th, Nurse Fanny Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mason, of Ivyfold, Giggleswick, aged 28.
24 April 1917
CRAVEN’S LOSSES IN THE WAR – DROWNING OF NURSE MASON
The drowning of Nurse Fanny Mason by the sinking of the hospital ship ‘Salta,’ on the 10th instant caused quite a feeling of gloom to spread over the village, and of abhorrence for the Huns, and much sympathy is extended to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mason, of Ivyfold, Giggleswick. The deceased was 28 years of age, and had been in training as a nurse for the past four years, being successful in all her examinations, and a splendid career was in front of her. She commenced her training at Bagthorpe Infirmary, Nottingham, afterwards removed to St. Herbert’s Military Hospital, Woolwich. She had endeared herself to all her patients with her sympathy and feeling for them in their troubles, and beautiful letters have been received from both the matrons of the above hospitals, each stating her great qualities as a nurse. For many years she resided at Sedbergh, where she was well known, being the grand-daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mason, of Hebblethwaite Hall, and of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Capstick, of Underwinder. Nurse Mason is the first nurse from the Settle district who has made the supreme sacrifice.
01 February 1918
GIGGLESWICK
THE LATE NURSE MASON – On Friday of last week at the Royal Herbert Military Hospital Chapel a memorial tablet was unveiled by the chaplain (General Bishop Taylor Smith) in memory of Staff-nurse Fanny Mason, and Staff-nurse A. G. Mann, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R., who lost their lives on H.M. Hospital Ship ‘Salta,’ on April 10th, 1917. Nurse Mason was the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos Mason, Ivy Fold, Giggleswick.
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