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Pte. William George Pritchard Minton
British Army 6th Battalion Lincolnshire
from:Stamford St Mary, Lincolnshire
(d.9th Aug 1915)
William George Pritchard Minton was my great uncle; he was my paternal grandmother's brother. I had never heard his name mentioned by my family and only found out about him whilst researching my family history. He could not have been enlisted for long as he was only 18 years old when he was killed on 9th August 1915 at Gallipoli. There is a memorial stone for soldiers killed in the Great War at Stamford St Mary, Lincolnshire, which bears his name.
Pvt Cecil Cervantes Miranda
United States Army Company G. 306th Machine Gun Regiment
from:Azusa, Ca, USA
Pte Alfred John Mirfield
British Army 5th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Bethnal Green, London
Alfred John Mirfield was my great grandfather. I was told by my father that Alfred was gassed at Ypres in Flanders and would gasp for air at times. He also said he was at the Battle of Somme and he remembered the horses that were casualties and that they would expand to enormous sizes. He also said that at one point Alfred was very sick and his fellow soldiers had left him in a barn with some food and water because he could not continue. After about 2 weeks he found his unit and was eventually discharged 20-10-1918.
Pte. Walter Mirfin
British Army 1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.26th October 1914)
Pte. T. Mirley
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:West Moor
(d.8th Aug 1917)
T Mirley suffered Gun shot wounds to his right thigh. He is buried in Ramscapelle Rd. Cemetery
Pte. Harry Mirtle
British Army 12th Battalion Royal Scots
from:Peebles
(d.22nd October 1917)
Harry Mirtle served with the 12th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Gnr. Ernest Charles Mison DCM.
British Army 38th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Broomfield, Essex
My Mum told me that her Dad saved his army officer in the field and received a Distinguished Conduct Medal for this. Ernest Mison dragged his injured superior to safety. Also, he was underage when he enlisted. He was desperate to participate so he lied about his age.
L/Cpl. Henry Missen
British Army 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Islington, London
(d.3rd May 1917)
L/Cpl. Henry Missen
British Army 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Islington, London
(d.3rd May 1917)
Henry Missen served with 8th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade and was awarded the 1914/1915 Star.
L/Cpl. Henry Stanley Missen
British Army 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Islington, London
(d.3rd May 1917)
Lance Corporal Henry Missen of the 8th Battalion, the Rifle Brigade was killed on the 3rd of May 1917 during an attack on Cherisy Village. He was awarded the 1914/1915 Star.
Sgt. Henry Walter Mitcell
British Army 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:Clapham, Surry
(d.3rd May 1917)
Dvr. William Brabazon Mitchelhill
Australian Imperial Force
from:Australia
(d.22nd Dec 1916)
William Mitchelhill died 22 December 1916, he had embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Persic.
VAD. Mitchell
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 32 Stationary Hospital
2/Lt. Mitchell
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Pte. A. Mitchell
British Army 1/6th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.20th Aug 1917)
Pte. A. Mitchell served with the Lancashire Fusiliers 1/6th Battalion.He was executed for desertion on 20th August 1917 and is buried in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension in Achiet-le-Grand, France.
Pte. Albert Mitchell
British Army 1st Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Forest Row, Sussex
(d.19th Apr 1918)
Albert Mitchell served with the 1st Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment and was executed for desertion on the 19th April 1918. He is buried in Meteren Military Cemetery.
Pte. Albert Mitchell
British Army 1st Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Forest Row, Sussex
(d.19th Apr 1918)
My Gt.Uncle Albert Mitchell was a golf professional before WW1. He came from a family of professional golfers and was first cousin to Abe Mitchell whose effigy adorns the Ryder Cup. He honed his craft on the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club, Forest Row, Sussex. Albert was the youngest son of Arthur and Susan Mitchell.
Initially he joined the West Kent Yeomanry but transferred to the Middlesex Regiment. In 1916 he was wounded at the Somme. After a period of convalescence at home, he returned to France. He died in action on 19th Apr 1918. His body is buried at the Meteren Cemetery, France. Albert did not marry and was 32 when he died.
Pte. Benjamin Henry Mitchell
British Army 11th Btn. Warwickshire Regiment
(d.13th Aug 1916)
My children's great grandfather was Benjamin Henry Mitchell of the 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was registered killed on the 13th of August 1916 after being sent over the trenches just hours earlier on the well known date of the 12th of August.
I've tried everywhere to find a photo but came up nil. If you could find a photo that would be awesome and I would make a donation to the dedication of the people who keep these sites going with all the info they get. Without your dedication these sites would not exist. Thanks
Benjamin Henry Mitchell
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Aston, Birminghham, Warwickshire
(d.13th Aug 1916)
Benjamin Henry Mitchell was born in 1880 died 1916. This is my children's great granddad and I am currently doing the family tree. I have tried to find a photo of Benjamin but to no avail. I've tried the Birmingham post newspaper as they usually show a photo of the soldiers who had died or were missing but I can't find one.
Chap. Charles Wand Mitchell
British Army East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.3rd May 1917)
Charles Mitchell was the son of Mr. Robert Mitchell of Maple Braes, Lennoxville, Quebec and was born April 9, 1878. He was educated first at the little country school near his home, then at the Lennoxville Academy; he then had a distinguished career at Bishop's College University, Lennoxville, ending as a Lecturer in 1901. He came up to Cambridge in 1902 as an Advanced Student, passing the required standard in the Theological Tripos in 1903 and the Oriental Languages Tripos (Hebrew and Aramaic) in 1904. He must have worked hard and been well trained in Canada, for in 1903 his knowledge and power of expression was much above that of the average student, and it was no surprise to those who had seen his work to hear that he gained the Tyrwhitt University Scholarship (Hebrew) in 1903, and the Jeremie Prize (Septuagint, etc.) in 1904. He was ordained in 1907, and took his M.A. in 1912. In 1905 Mitchell was appointed Hebrew Master at Merchant Taylors' School, London, a post which he held till he went out to the Front as a Chaplain.
The very sympathetic notices that appeared in various papers and periodicals at the time of Mitchell's death speak of his varied interests in Merchant Taylors' School, in the parish work of S. Thomas, Telford Park, Streatham Hill, with which he was connected, and of his admirable devotion as an Army Chaplain in the most acute form of Active Service.
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Pte. Charles Mitchell
British Army 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
from:Edinburgh
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
Pte. Charles Mitchell
British Army 2/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Reading, Berkshire
(d.27th November 1916)
L/Sgt. Charles Napier Mitchell MM & Bar.
British Army 13th Btn. Kings (Liverpool Regiment)
from:Seaforth
(d.21st Aug 1918)
Charles Mitchell was my great uncle - my grandmother's brother. His father was Thomas Mitchell, and he lived at 36 Caradoc Road, Liverpool before the War, and worked as an employee of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. He joined the 13th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment on November 12th 1914 and went to France with them in November 1915. My Uncle, Jack Knowles, remembers that he was a machine gunner. According to the Merseyside Roll of Honour, he was wounded 3 times and was killed in action on 21st of August 1918. He is buried in a small cemetery called Warry Le Copse, near Arras - and I understand from other sources that he was posthumously awarded the Military Medal and Bar. There is a second headstone in Liverpool, which serves as the final resting place for 3 of his younger brothers, William Henry, Robert Christian and Frederick Mitchell, who died of the Spanish Flu in October 1918 and January 1919.
Pnr. Charles. Carew Mitchell
British Army 47th Signal Coy Royal Engineers
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Capt. Colin Campbell Mitchell MC.
British Army 10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Lochgilphead
From Lt Col Colin Mitchell's Autobiography "Having Been a Soldier" who was the son of Colin Mitchell mentioned below:
"When the First World War broke out he (Colin Mitchell) joined up, like most of his generation, and enlisting in Glasgow was sworn in as a private in the Highland Light Infantry. He used to tell me when I was a boy that when they mustered at Maryhill Barracks there were no uniforms and no rifles, so they were issued with Glasgow Corporation tram conductor's uniforms and armed with broomsticks. He also used to joke that the British Army promoted by size and this happened to him. Anyway, he was promoted and went home to Lochgilphead on his first leave as Sergeant. In the village street he met the local laird, Malcolm of Poltalloch, who said, "You should be an officer in our own county regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. In 1915, my father was commissioned in the Regiment and later joined the 10th Battalion in France, part of Ian Hay's immortal "First Hundred Thousand".
While convalescing from his wounds with the 3rd Argylls at Kinsale in Southern Ireland, he had met my mother and they were married when the war ended.
Like all small boys born within ten years of the First World War, the thought of it was constantly with me and I was always asking my father to tell me what had happened and about his own adventures. He was always reticent. Probably he was so amazed and thankful to have survived that he just did not want to be reminded of it. I knew that he had fought in most of the big battles and had been wounded three times and, on the last occasion in 1918, had been hit and gassed so badly that he never returned to France. I knew also that he had won the Military Cross at the Battle of Ypres but, when I asked him how, he would only say "Oh, shooting rabbits". But my mother showed me the citation, and I still treasure the gold watch chain that was presented to him by the people of Lochgilphead, for he was their local boy who had achieved distinction.
Capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell VC.
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
from:Winipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Norman Mitchell was born in Winnipeg on 11th of December 1889. He graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in Engineering in 1912 and was then employed as a construction engineer with the Foundation Company of Canada.
He enlisted with the Canadian Engineers on the 10th of November 1914 as a Sapper and was posted to 4th Field Company. In December, he joined the 2nd Division Signal Company and was transferred to the Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps in May 1915. He sailed for England in June 1915 and underwent training at Longmoor Barracks. In August, he proceeded to France and then to Alveringham in North Belgium. He returned to England in October 1915. In November 1915, he was promoted to Sergeant. He received his commission as Lieutenant in April 1916. In May, he was posted to 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company returned to France. Sjt Mitchell was in charge of the "Bluff" shaft and remained in the area until the end of 1916, for this work he was awarded the Military Cross. He was promoted to Acting Captain in September 1917 and substantive on 24 May 1918.
By October 1918 the British 3rd Army, including the Canadian Corps, had reached a line south west of Cambrai. The plan of attack had the Canadian Corps on the left flank, faced with the wide Canal de l'Escout. The preliminary attack was to be made by the Canadians at night and by all forces by day. The point of attack was over the bridge, Pont d'Aire, leading to the village Escoudoeuvers on the N.W. of Cambrai. This was complicated by the fact that along with the main bridge there were two mill streams that had to be crossed. Successful completion of the plan required that demolition of these bridges be prevented and that in the event of their being destroyed, a bridging train following the leading party would erect platoon bridges
As a result of a warning order, Capt. Mitchell was tasked to go forward with the infantry and a small party of engineers, to take the existing bridges before they were demolished. Mitchell with his party, a sergeant and five sappers, went forward and joined "A" Company, 26th Battalion. The small party of Sappers went forward to the first bridge to find that it had been demolished and runners were sent back to the bridging train with the news. On reaching the second bridge, it was found that it had been mined, again information as sent back. With only four remaining in the party, the third and main bridge was reached. The main bridge was about 15 feet above the water level and had a tow-path on each side passing under it. Feeling along the handrails, they found several stick grenade handles with fuses leading down below the deck. The important thing was to find the electrical leads, which would permit the firing of the demolitions. Captain Mitchell posted a sentry at both ends while he and his sergeant slid down the bank and found large boxes of explosives. The scaffold and ladders still in place enabled them to tackle the charges quickly. They were cutting the electrical leads and began on the fuses, when the sentry on the enemy side raised the alarm. Shots were fired and a number of the bridge demolition party accounted for. A covering party of infantry was sent to take over the German prisoners and provide a covering party. Captain Mitchell and his Sappers then removed several hundred pounds of charges.
As a result of his actions on the 8th and 9th of October 1918, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Investiture took place at Buckingham Palace on the 3rd of April 1919. His sergeant and other Sappers were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal with one sapper being awarded the Military Medal.
In April 1919, Capt Mitchell returned to England and served with the C.E. Regimental Depot until demobilization, when he returned to Canada.
He returned to the Foundation Company of Canada then in 1926 joined the Power Company in. During the Second World War Mitchell again served with the Engineers, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He retired from the military on the 24th of September 1946 and returned to the Power Corporation in Mount Royal, Quebec, retiring in 1957.
Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell, VC, died in Mount Royal on 17th November 1978, and is buried in the Field of Honour, Pointe Claire, Quebec. His medals and other memorabilia are on display at the Canadian Military Engineers Museum.
Capt Coulson Norman Mitchell VC MC
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1st Tunnelling Company 4th Canadian Engineers
from:Canada
Pte. David Mitchell
British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Glasgow, Scotland
David Mitchell of the Royal Scots Fusiliers was in 1915 captured and held at Suder Zoll Haus POW Camp and Gustrow POW Camp.
Lt. Francis Sydney Mitchell
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Blackrock, Co. Dublin
(d.15th Feb 1916)
Lt. Francis Mitchell was killed near Ypres while attending the wounded on the 15th of February 1916, he was aged 26.
L/Cpl Frederick George Mitchell
British Army 13th Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.13th Sep 1918)
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