MITCHELL, William
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Renfrewshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Service 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 at Agnone, Sicily, and the Bridge at Malati, known as 3 Commando Bridge. Husband of Jean Currie Mitchell, of Thornliebank, Renfrewshire. William Mitchell, a Renfrewshire Police Constable, volunteered for the Commandos in 1942. He was posted to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry, joining the 3rd Police Intake. On completion of the course he joined No.3 Commando.
Extract from the Daily Record
Saturday 28 August 1943, p5.
"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.
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