Brigadier-General Charles Hamilton Mitchell

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Mitchell, Charles Hamilton

Date of birth: 1872-02-18

Place of birth: Petrolia Ontario Canada

Next of kin: Myra Ethlyn (Stanton) Mitchell(wife), 35 North Sherbourne St., Toronto, Ontario

Marital status: married

Occupation (attested): Consulting Engineer

Occupation (normalized): Other Engineers

Religion: Church of England

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA

Highest Rank: Brigadier-General

Rank detail

Lieutenant-Colonel (Army).
Colonel (British Army).
Brigadier-General (British Army).
Lieutenant-Colonel (Army).

Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 186905

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B6248-S013

Uploader's Notes:

Prior military - militia since 1899 - 44th Lincoln and Welland Regiment // Corps of Guides. Served as General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade with 1st Canadian Division Headquarters.

After graduating from the University of Toronto, he worked as a Civil Engineer (officially qualifying as a C.E. in 1898), specializing in hydraulic and hydro-electric power development. He took employment as the Assistant City Engineer in Niagara Falls and later served as the City Engineer. After leaving that post, he set up a Toronto-based consulting firm in 1906 in partnership with his brother Percival, working largely in hydroelectric power plant construction. He was responsible for the design and construction of a number of plants in the Maritimes, Ontario, and Western Canada.

Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Colonel Army Canadian Infantry 1st Division Headquarters Lieutenant Colonel Army Canadian Infantry Canadian Corps Headquarters Intelliegence Colonel British Army British Infantry Headquarters, Second British Army Intelligence Branch Brigadier General British Army British Infantry War Office Intelligence Branch ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2011-03-15

Last modified: 2014-08-28