Name
Frederick Arthur Mitchell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
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Biography
Frederick Mitchell was born in the spring of 1898 at Brighton. He was one of five children (three sons and two daughters) born to Edgar and Eliza Mitchell. Frederick’s brother Percy also served in the Great War as did his father Edgar. In the 1901 Census the family lived at 118 Montague Street, Kettering. By 1911 the family had moved to the High Street, Abbots Langley, where Edgar continued to work as a Blacksmith and Wheelwright.
The Leavesden Parish Records first listed Frederick in November 1914 and showed that he had “joined HM Forces”. At the time he worked as an Attendant at the Leavesden Asylum.
Frederick was first recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour in February 1917, serving as a Driver with the Royal Engineers. He married Jane Bell at Abbots Langley on 9th April 1917, and the National Roll of the Great War noted that he was drafted overseas later that year.
The National Roll of the Great War added that he served with his unit in the Egyptian theatre of war, and was engaged on important duties in the advance under General Allenby into Palestine. He was present at the battles of Gaza, Jaffa, Aleppo and Damascus, and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Frederick was demobilised in March 1920 on his return to England, and returned to live at 82 Breakspeare Road, Abbots Langley.
Frederick Mitchell survived the War, as did his brother Percy, and his father Edgar.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
