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Private Hugh Brown Mitchell

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1892-06-13
Place of birth: Belfast County Antrim Ireland
Next of kin: Robert Mitchell, brother. 4 Hotspur Street Kevinside, Glasgow, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1917-11-06
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 18 - 26 - 28

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 781187
Highest Rank: Private (28th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 128th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-11-18 ?
  2. Private, 28th Battalion, Infantry (Army). ? to 1917-11-06
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1594673
LAC ID: 187222
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B6254-S055
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Robert Wesley Stuart Mitchell and Isabella Mitchell (nee Brown); older brother of Wesley Stuart Mitchell (Service No. 136445) and Hamilton Trelford Mitchell (Service No. 781425)

Home child Ireland. Arrived Canada on the Southwark Ship 1904 along with his brothers Hamilton Trelford Mitchell who was killed in action and his brother Wesley Stuart Mitchell, all sent to Barnardos Homes

Uploader's Research notes:

128th Battalion Nominal Roll

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 128th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 28th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-05-19