Remembered Today: Lieutenant John Horsley MITCHELL, 305th Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery who died on 19th May 1917, Maple Leaf Cemetery

CWGC INFORMATION

MITCHELL, JOHN HORSLEY

Rank: Lieutenant

Date of Death: 19/05/1917

Age: 35

Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery

305th Siege Bty.

Grave Reference H. 4.

Cemetery MAPLE LEAF CEMETERY

Additional Information:

Son of Alfred and Catherine Mitchell; Husband of Winifred Mitchell, of "Thorns," Crondall, Hants.

John Horsley Mitchell was commisioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery 12th August 1916 (London Gazette 12th August 7983).

The 305th Siege Battery was formed 17th January 1916 at Portland, deploying to France 9th April 1917, six weeks before Lieutenant Horsley's death. The 305th had just joined the 77th Heavy Artillery Group befoer he was killed at Ploegsteert, 5km north of Armentiers.

He is burried at MAPLE LEAF CEMETERY, 5 km north west of Armentieres.

John Horsley Mitchell is commemorated on war memorial at Crondale, Hampshire, which is just outside All Saints Church.

http://www.roll-of-h...e/Crondall.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33894481@N04/4106408617/

Within All Saints there is a further commemoration by his wife: