MITCHELL, William Henry
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Known as:
Bill
Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Prior Police Service:
West Riding Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Service 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. William Henry Michell was a West Riding Constabulary Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 and joined the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre) at Achnacarry. In 1939 he was a Constable residing in Keighley. 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.
Tony Moore, FRHistS., and Police Historian.
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