Roll Of Honour
Surnames containing 'Mitchell' |
| Mitchell, Brian Hugh P/JX 338818 | ||
| Died: 22nd Nov, 1944. | ||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 20 | |
| Mitchell, Cecil John P/J 114226 | Born: 4th Mar, 1910. | |
| Died: 16th Jun, 1944. | ||
| Chief Petty Officer | Aged: 34 | |
| from Pontypridd, Glamorgan | ||
| One of seven children, the son of John Mitchell (1882 to 1947) and Hagar nee Collins (1882 to 1961) Cecil joined the Royal Navy in 1925 as a Boy II Class, whilst employed as a “colliery boyâ€. He trained at HMS Impregnable, a 106 gun “wooden wall†warship launched in 1810 and used from 1862 as a training ship. He was here from June 1925 to October 1926, by which time he had been promoted to Boy I Class. Once trained, he went aboard the battleship HMS Benbow until the 25th of August 1927 and then the light cruiser HMS Cambrian upon which he was promoted from Boy to Ordinary and then Able Seaman and also signed up for twelve years on the 4th of May 1928. Having signed up, he was posted to the destroyer HMS Blanche, followed by the battleship, HMS Revenge from 1932 to 1934. Cecil continued to serve alternatively on ships and shore stations. His next ship was the battleship Iron Duke; battleship Repulse, 1936 (in which he was promoted to Acting Petty Officer); cruiser HMS Belfast 1939 four months; He was awarded the Naval General Service Medal (Palestine claps) on the 11th of March 1941, then on the 23rd of September 1941 he transferred to HMS Dolphin, HQ for the submarine service and thence to the submarine depot ship Cyclops on the 11th of November. His service record does not record his ships served on after the Cyclops. However, he is known to have have been a torpedo instructor and to have served on the submarine Seraph during Operation Torch, the North African landings in 1942. |
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| Mitchell, Cyril Robert C/MX 45921 | Born: 28th Dec, 1904. | |
| Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | Aged: 34 | |
| from Woodbridge, Suffolk UK | ||
| Mitchell, Ernest Henry 288459 | ||
| Died: 26th Nov, 1916. | ||
| Stoker Petty Officer | Aged: 39 | |
| Died whilst a Prisoner of War in Turkey | ||
| Mitchell, George D/JX 134504 | ||
| Died: 8th Jul, 1944. | ||
| Petty Officer Telegraphist | Aged: 30 | |
| from Plymouth | ||
| One of two Royal Navy personnel serving as the Liaison team in the Free French Submarine La Perle who died when the Submarine was sunk with all hands in the Atlantic. While returning from refitting in the United States, La Perle was mistaken for a U-boat by an aircraft from the British Merchant Aircraft Carrier Empire MacCallum and was sunk. He was the thirty year old husband of Lily Mitchell. |
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| Mitchell, Jack Hardy C/JX 136589 | ||
| Died: 26th Nov, 1940. | ||
| Leading Telegraphist | Aged: 25 | |
| Mitchell, James J 92053 | ||
| Died: 10th Jan, 1924. | ||
| Telegraphist | Aged: 21 | |
| Mitchell, Leslie Clarence P/JX 229043 | ||
| Died: 30th May, 1943. | ||
| Telegraphist | Aged: 20 | |
| Mitchell, Richard Edwin P/JX 221806 | ||
| Died: 14th Mar, 1943. | ||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 27 | |
| Mitchell, Robert George P/MX 49772 | ||
| Died: 23rd Jul, 1940. | ||
| Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | Aged: 29 | |
| Mitchell, Thomas 302275 | ||
| Died: 26th Jan, 1917. | ||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 36 | |
| Mitchell, Thomas P/SSX 21743 | ||
| Died: 7th Aug, 1943. | ||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 22 | |
| Mitchell, Walter John 236832 | ||
| Died: 12th Mar, 1918. | ||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 29 | |
| Mitchell, William Edward P/M 35072 | ||
| Died: 10th Apr, 1940. | ||
| Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | Aged: 36 | |
| Mitchell, William Henry 239539 | ||
| Died: 16th Jan, 1917. | ||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 26 | |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
A Tribute To Submariners
I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.
There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.
It is the most dangerous of all services.
That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.
I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.
Winston Churchill
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We Will Remember Them |
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