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Pte. Harry Collingwood Mitton

British Army 1/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

from:Chopwell, County Durham

(d.29th Sep 1916)

My great-grandfather Harry Mitton was born on the 18th June 1888 in Mungrisdale, Cumbria, the son of Welbury Mitton and Agnes Eliza Phoebe Collingwood. He fought in the Battle of the Somme as part of the 151st Brigade in the 50th (Northumbrian)

Harry was killed in action on the 29th September 1916, he has no known grave. His name is on the Memorial for The Missing at Thiepval, as well as on the war memorial in Chopwell Village, on a plaque in Chopwell Church Hall, as well as having his name carved into the wall in Ainstable, Cumbria where he grew up. He left behind a wife and three young children.



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