Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Three: Private G. Mitchell, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 31 July 1917
1914-15 Star (2543 Pte G. Mitchell. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (SR-2343 Pte. G. Mitchell. R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (George Mitchell) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private F. Mitchell, Northamptonshire Regiment, late Bedfordshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (51581 Pte. F. Mitchell. Bedf. R.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Mitchell) good very fine

Pair: Private G. Mitchell, Gloucestershire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (5446 Pte. G. Mitchell. Glouc. R.) with identity tag and crushed box of issue, good very fine (9) £180-£220

George Mitchell, who was born in Shepherd’s Bush, London, attested for the Royal Fusiliers and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 December 1914. Transferring to the 12th Battalion, he was killed in action on 31 July 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Frederick Mitchell attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment, and served with them initially during the Great War, before transferring to the Northamptonshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 23 April 1918, whilst serving with “D” Company, 7th Battalion, and is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.