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Rank : Captain

Army Number : 8489

Unit : 7th Bn

Biography :

An orphan taken under the wings of the Howard family (of Castle Howard, North Yorkshire) James Mitchell worked in the estate office as a Clerk of Arms. He served in The Royal Fusiliers as LCpl 8489. Commissioned temp 2Lt in The Leicestershire Regiment on 21.1.1916, was posted to 7th Bn in France on 17.7.1916. Was subsequently promoted up to the rank of A/Captain. Whilst at the front line at Hohenzollern Redoubt on the Loos battlefield, he died of injuries on 16.3.1917, aged 28, when somebody dropped a live grenade in the trench on 15.3.1917. He is buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, France.

Sister: Mrs K Smith 41 Church Way North Shields

Medals: Victory and British.

CWGC:

MITCHELL, JAMES THORNBURN
Rank: Captain
Date of Death: 16/03/1917
Age:28
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 7th Bn.
Grave ReferenceIII. K. 52.
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Additional Information:

Son of Thomas and Mary Mitchell, of Lees Hill, Low Row, Carlisle.

Date of Birth : 1889

Date of Death : 16.3.1917

Place of Death : Loos, France

Civil Occupation : Estate worker, Castle Howard, N Yorks

Period of Service : 1914-17

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France