BORN WATH, BARNSLEY, 1878. SON OF THOMAS JAMES MITCHELL (1855-1901) & HANNAH ELIZABETH BAINES (1857-1901), OF 13 CROMWELL TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND 6 SISTERS. AFTER HIS PARENTS DEATH, HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER ANNIE, AT 9 JAMES TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL.
EMPLOYED AS A PROP CARRIER AND TIMBER LABOURER, BOARDING AT 19 DERBY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 27/04/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13169, 2ND BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. HE DIED AT THE SOMME, ON 14/09/1916, AGED 38.
HIS REGIMENT IS LISTED AS NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS IN HULL DAILY MAIL 0N 27/10/1916. SAME SERIAL NUMBER. BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT THE GUARDS’ CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS.
HIS BROTHER, ABLE SEAMAN, PERCY MITCHELL, ROYAL NAVY, HMS “CONTEST” WAS KILLED ON 19/09/1917, AGED 21. THIER DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/09/1917. *
ANOTHER BROTHER, GUNNER, HAROLD MITCHELL, (RFA), SERVED IN INDIA FOR FIVE YEARS, WAS IN ACTION, IN MESOPOTANIA, AND BEFORE THE WAR HAD BEEN A PORTER AT THE EDWIN DAVIS STORE, HULL MARKET PLACE.
