Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (710 Pte. J. Mitchell, K.R.R.C.) edge bruise, good very fine £120-160

Joseph Mitchell was born in Devonport. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Liverpool on 25 January 1898, aged 18 years, 8 months. In early 1899 he was found guilty of theft and imprisoned. Served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa, October 1899-July 1900; Ceylon, July 1900-January 1901, and India, January 1901-March 1906.

Transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1906, he was discharged on 24 January 1910.

With copied service papers.