MITCHELL, William Henry
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Known as:
Bill
Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Yorkshire
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14241635
Born:
Thursday, April 6, 1916
Died:
1985
Place died:
Yorkshire
Trooper William Mitchell, 'D' Troop, was wounded 6 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France. He had volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes. In 1939 he was a Police Constable residing at Devonshire Street, Keighley, Yorkshire. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/ 78.
The 1939 Register covering Keighley.
Commando Association newsletter 55 (1972).
Registers of Deaths 1985, Ewecross District, Yorkshire, registration month July.
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