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A Great War 'Western Front' M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Mitchell, 16th...
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Mitchell, 16th Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (553903 Pte. A. Mitchell. 16/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7546 Pte. A. Mitchell. 16-Lond. R.) very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. Alfred Mitchell was born in 1889 and lived in Bermondsey prior to being called up for service with the 16th London Regiment on 16 November 1916. A fish fryer by trade, he was sent to Buckingham Gate for training as a Lewis gunner, and posted overseas to Salonika with the 2/16th Battalion on 2 February 1917. Disembarked 19 February 1917, he later served in Egypt from 21 June 1917 to 17 June 1918, and France from 18 June 1918 to 4 November 1918; wounded at duty on 14 September 1918 and again, two months later, with an injury to his finger, he crossed the Channel to England and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 18 March 1919. His Army Service Record confirms his home address at the time as 98 Long Lane, London, S.E.1.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Mitchell, 16th Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (553903 Pte. A. Mitchell. 16/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7546 Pte. A. Mitchell. 16-Lond. R.) very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. Alfred Mitchell was born in 1889 and lived in Bermondsey prior to being called up for service with the 16th London Regiment on 16 November 1916. A fish fryer by trade, he was sent to Buckingham Gate for training as a Lewis gunner, and posted overseas to Salonika with the 2/16th Battalion on 2 February 1917. Disembarked 19 February 1917, he later served in Egypt from 21 June 1917 to 17 June 1918, and France from 18 June 1918 to 4 November 1918; wounded at duty on 14 September 1918 and again, two months later, with an injury to his finger, he crossed the Channel to England and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 18 March 1919. His Army Service Record confirms his home address at the time as 98 Long Lane, London, S.E.1.
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