Photographs from the collection of Stanley Mason.

Stanley was a career sailor and was a Leading Seaman, aged 31 when he was killed in action 18th November 1942. These images were supplied by his Granddaughter, his widow is alive and well at the age of 95 and lives in New Zealand.

This picture is simply annotated "3 Friends".

The ship's cricket team it would seem.

It seems to have been quite popular to have studio portraits taken with a shipmate, maybe this was to share the cost of the portrait?

This picture was assumed to be of Arethusa, if you look closely it has 3 funnels rather than Arethusa's 2. I think this ship is either a Kent class cruiser or one of Devonshire, Sussex or Norfolk. If you know better then please let me know, even though it's not Arethusa I think it's a nice example of the kind of memento sailor's brought home with them.