BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. LIVED IN IMMINGHAM. SON OF RALPH RATCLIFFE (1872-1907) & BETSEY ANN MITCHELL (1875-1952). HIS MOTHER MARRIED JOHN ROBERT HANSON, WHO WAS A LABOURER ON GRIMSBY DOCKS. HE WAS ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY AND JOINED THE 4TH SPECIAL RESERVE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR, ON 15/10/1918, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, GERMANY.
HIS STEP BROTHER, PRIVATE, RALPH MITCHELL, ALSO BORN IN HULL, SERVED WITH THE 12TH NORFOLK REGIMENT, AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/09/1918, AGED 18. THEIR MOTHER BETSY, HAD LOST TWO TEENAGE SONS IN THE WAR, WITHIN A MONTH.
| Name | Harry Mitchell |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull |
| Residence | Immingham, Lincs |
| Death Date | 15 Oct 1918 |
| Death Place | Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany |
| Enlistment Place | Grimsby, Lincs |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | South Staffordshire Regiment |
| Battalion | 4th Special Reserve Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 43304 |
| Type of Casualty | Died |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
43304
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/10/1918
Place died:
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Age:
19
