Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A scarce North Russia ‘Archangel River Expedition’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Yeoman of Signals H. A. Mitchell, Royal Navy

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (205057 H. A. Mitchell, Yeo. Sigs. “Fox” Archangel River 10 Aug. 1919); 1914-15 Star (205057 Y.S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (205057 Y.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (205057 Yeo. Sigs. H.M.S. Hecla) mounted as worn, very fine (5) £1400-1600

D.S.M. London Gazette 11 November 1919: ‘For services in Russia 1919.’

Awarded for services during the general attack on the Dvina front on 10 August 1919. Although Mitchell sailed for North Russia in the Fox, he was transferred to the Borodino, flag-ship of the S.N.O. White Sea, on arrival at Archangel. He was probably busily engaged signalling orders to the bombarding Monitors, and to the forces attacking various objectives on the either bank of the Dvina river.

Hubert Allen Mitchell was born in Holloway, London, on 14 October 1882, and joined the Navy in 1900, as a boy aged 12. He was a Yeoman of Signals by July 1914, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal in October 1915. He served aboard Cockatrice until June 1916, in Thunderer from August 1916 to April 1918, and was in North Russia from April to October 1919. From March 1921 until July 1922, Mitchell was loaned to the Malay States Government as a meteorological observer. Sold with copy service record and full Admiralty report on the Russian operations which lists 11 awards of the D.S.M.