MITCHELL, William
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Renfrewshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14317309
Died :
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Trooper William Mitchell was killed in action during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the Bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). A serving Police Officer from Renfrewshire he had volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes.
Extract from the Daily Record
Saturday 28 August 1943
"Commando William Mitchell, formerly a member of the Renfrewshire Constabulary at Johnstone, has been killed in the Middle East. He had six years' police service and joined the Army, in October of last year. His wife and child reside at 15 Thompson Avenue. Johnstone."
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/65.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
Daily Record / British Newspaper Archive (website britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk); The British Library Board.
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