Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Three: Lieutenant A. C. O. Mitchell, 1st (Brecknockshire) Battalion, attached 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, killed in action on 30 April 1917, and posthumously M.I.D.

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut., S. Wales Bord); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (3) £350-400

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 January 1918 (Mesopotamia).

Alexander Charles Oswald Mitchell was educated at Charterhouse and Jesus College, Cambridge. During the Great War he volunteered his services to the army, and received a commission in the 1st (Brecknockshire) Battalion, South Wales Borderers on 12 September 1914. He was killed in action at the Battle of Bund-i-Adhaim, Mesopotamia on 30 April 1917 whilst attached to ‘B’ Company, 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers. His name is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

The action in which Lieutenant Mitchell was killed is described in the regimental history thus: ‘The advanced troops were precariously situated. A battery south of Ahmadliyia was shelling them from the north, machine guns from the ‘Boot’ enfiladed them from the left, and, to crown all, about 7 a.m. a tremendous dust storm obscured everything completely. When it cleared away ‘B’ and ‘C’ found Turks advancing in great strength from the N.E. and already within 100 yards. Blazing away for all they were worth they kept the attackers at bay till ammunition failed and there was nothing for it but to fall back. This they did at a walk, The Turks following at a distance which suggested reluctance to come to close quarters... The casualties on April 30th came to over two hundred, including Second Lieutenants Best and Mitchell, with 50 other ranks killed.’

Sold with detailed copied research material, including a group school photograph with recipient.