Area: South Shields, Tyne and Wear

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN W. MITCHELL (1860-1931) AND VIOLETTA MITCHELL (1861-1900), OF SOUTH SHIELDS, DURHAM. HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER, JOHN LIONEL MITCHELL AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIP'S DRAUGHTSMAN, BORN IN SCOTLAND. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN MIDDLEBOROUGH AND DIED IN 1900, AGED 39, WHEN CECIL WAS 3 YEARS OLD. CECIL WAS EDUC […]

BORN HULL. LIVED SOUTH SHIELDS. ENLISTED AT ALDERSHOT. JOINED THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. HE SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 05/01/1915. DIED ON 30/01/1915, AT ABERDEEN HOSPITAL. HE DID NOT LEAVE HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO ANYONE. A MESSAGE ON HIS ARMY SERVICE CARD REQUESTS DISPOSAL OF HIS ARMY MEDALS. UNTRACED?

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF HENRY WRIGHT & RUTH ANNE HUMBERSTONE, OF HULL. A BAKER & CONFECTIONARY MAKER. (1911 CENSUS). HIS WIFE, HARRIET WRIGHT, LIVED AT 62 LEIGHTON STREET, WESTOE, SOUTH SHIELDS (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTE. NORAH. HE ENLISTED IN SOUTH SHIELDS. SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 18/0 […]