George Leonard Mitchell
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 12440. Private. 3 Coldstream Guards. All Saints ex choir boy. At Caterham in Oct. Furlough in Dec. Hospital for varicose veins in Jan - Feb. Left Feb. 27. In May in France 3 Battalion CG (Coldstream Guards).4 Guards Brigade 2nd Division. British Expeditionary Force Well Oct. 18. Dec. 14, 4 Co.3.C. Guards. B.E.F. Been home in Nov. Letter Apr. Killed July 8 by bomb.' Note: Killed in action, 9 July 1916 aged 21. Son of William and Myra Mitchell of Douglas according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/11)
External sources: 17 Rosemount