. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. action, but the general military situation pre-vented this, and in the summer of 1915 he wasappointed to command the 6th Battalion GordonHighlanders in the field, in succession to McLean who had fallen at Neuve Cha-pelle. This was a high honour for a Territorialofficer who had not been overseas, and a notabletribute to his military capacity. He went toa unit which had already won a great repu-tation in France and was to enhance this inmany subsequent actions. In the battle ofLoos on 25 September 1915, he was killed whileleading the
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. action, but the general military situation pre-vented this, and in the summer of 1915 he wasappointed to command the 6th Battalion GordonHighlanders in the field, in succession to McLean who had fallen at Neuve Cha-pelle. This was a high honour for a Territorialofficer who had not been overseas, and a notabletribute to his military capacity. He went toa unit which had already won a great repu-tation in France and was to enhance this inmany subsequent actions. In the battle ofLoos on 25 September 1915, he was killed whileleading the assault on Hulluch in which theBattalion suffered very heavy casualties. Hewas mentioned in Field-Marshal Frenchs dis-patch of 1 January 1916. MASON, JOHN HAMPTON STRACHAN : Private, 4th Battalion Gordon Highland-ers ; son of John Mason, painter ; born Aber-deen, 17 December 1891 ; educated RobertGordons College; entered the University in1909; graduated (Hons. Eng.), 1913, andin the same year secured an important literary r5 IN appointment in London. As an undergraduatehe took a leading part in the life of the Uni-versity, being editor ofAlma Mater (1911-12), and later presidentof the Literary was amongthe first volunteers foractive service, and wasa Private in DCompany, 4th training in Eng-land he crossed toFrance with the i/athGordon Highlanders in1915, and was killed inaction 25 September 1915, in one of thosebreathless episodes in the fierce fighting nearLoos. Jack Mason was a man with many ac-complishments, of wide and varied interests, andof cultivated and fastidious tastes. He pos-sessed a freshness of thought and a rareoriginality of mind, although a certain light-hearted extravagance and exuberance of speechoften concealed a coolness and soundness ofjudgment and a strength of character which hisseniors envied. But he will be remembered bymost for his charm of manner, his unfailing giftof humour and his ready sympathy with all
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