| Surname: | Mitchell |
| Initials: | F J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 1115011 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in Royal Artillery, Field, 2/5/41 transferred to CMP. 9/43 serving with 50 (N) Div Pro Coy. 6/11/46 to class Z (T) reserve. Extracts from Army Record:- He was born 2/6/21 at Birmingham, Warwickshire, He enlisted 15/2/41, Residence 45 Dolphiu Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham 27, Warwickshire, Occupation Temporary Postman. 4/3/41 with 103 Pro Coy, 1/5/42 with Eastern Command Depot, 15/9/42 with 50 Div Pro Coy, 5/3/45 with 151 HQ Pro Coy, 9/8/45 with 249 HQ Pro Coy. He served Home 15/2/41 to 16/2/41, W (T) reserve 17/2/41 to 12/3/41, Home embodied 13/3/41 to 9/5/42, Middle East 10/5/42 to 10/2/44, Home 11/2/44 to 5/6/44, North West Europe 6/6/44 to 27/1/45, Home 28/1/45 to1/9/45, Norway 2/9/45 to 16/2/46, Home 17/2/46. War Diary 50 Div Pro Coy, WO 169/8788, Sicily, 10/7/1943, Lt Rodwell and party landed at wrong beach by Royal Navy, 1 Sgt, 3 Cpl's, 6 L/Cpl's Wounded, 1 L/Cpl Died of Wounds (Saul). Casualty List 1197/1, Sicily, Wounded, 10/7/1943. Date of birth shown as 16/7/09 in discharge book 8. 29/12/49 he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with 8 army clasp, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 60 Redlands Road, Solihull, Warwickshire. Francis James Mitchell. |