Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal J. Mitchell, Royal Field Artillery, killed in action, 6 October 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (10786 Gnr., 105/By. R.F.A.); 1914 Star (10786 Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (RFRA-107 Cpl., R.A.); Memorial Plaque (John Mitchell) this last pierced at 3 and 9 o’clock, good very fine (5) £500-600

M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.

John Mitchell was born in Easter Kelly, Fife, Scotland, and enlisted at Linlithgow. Serving with the 105th Battery, 22nd Brigade, R.F.A., he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in action. With the same unit he was killed in action on 6 October 1917. He was buried in the Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium. The uncommon ‘RFRA’ prefix to the service number on his British War and Victory Medals indicates he was a pre-war reservist.

See lot 1409 for medals believed to be his brother.