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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
MASON, Stirling Cashman, Lt, O-47000, RCNVR, MPK - 07 May 1944, HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Son of James Edgar and Myrtle Victoria Mason (nee Beaver), of Tangier, Nova Scotia. Husband to Julia Louise Mason (nee Dickinson, later remarried Robert Walter Hampton) and father of Cashman Roger Stirling Mason.
Lieutenant Mason died when his ship, HMCS VALLEYFIELD, was torpedoed and sunk on 07 May 1944 by U-548. Of her crew of 163, there were only 38 survivors.
Ships served in: HALIFAX DIVISION RCNVR - Enlisted 25 Mar 1942 as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant, RCNVR HMCS STADACONA - Appointed to STADACONA 27 Apr 1942 * Appointed Sub-Lieutenant, RCNVR HMCS ROYAL ROADS - Appointed to ROYAL ROADS 10 May 1942 for Training and Disposal HMCS GIVENCHY - Appointed to GIVENCHY 30 Aug 1942 for Disposal HMCS WOLF - Appointed to WOLF 02 Sep 1942 ML Q067 - Appointed to Q067 11 Dec 1942, Add'l HMCS CORNWALLIS - Appointed to CORNWALLIS 01 May 1943 for Divisional Duties HMCS BYTOWN - Appointed to BYTOWN 20 Nov 1943 Add'l for Naval Superintendent Contract Built Ships for VALLEYFIELD HMCS VALLEYFIELD - Appointed to VALLEYFIELD 07 Dec 1943. Commissioning crew * Appointed Acting Lieutenant, RCNVR 15 Jan 1944
(SCM001) Portrait of Lt Mason (SCM002) Service File for Stirling Mason // Source: The Library and Archives of Canada (SCM003) Article on the death of Lt S.C. Mason // The Halifax Mail 22 May 1944 // Researched by George Newbury (SCM004) "The Cash Booklet" - The Story of Stirling Cashman Mason // “Cash booklet” printed by a family friend either from a collection of personal correspondence or a small manuscript written for the friend as a report of some kind. It is an evangelical tract, essentially, but contains some details of one aspect of life on Valleyfield—the evangelical effort. Some names of shipmates are included, some were omitted from the printed copy, if you compare it to the type-written manuscript. I think this may provide a unique glimpse into some part of their lives. Later when meeting with a Valleyfield survivor, my father was told that these religious meetings were attended by order of the captain. This doesn’t quite fit with the story told in the booklet, but the booklet does not directly address it. (SCM005) The original Cash manuscript
Second World War Casualty Index
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