Background
Born the eldest son of Admiral Francis Mitchell and a cousin of Patrick Mitchell Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Mitchell was commissioned into the 15th/19th The King"s Royal Hussars in 1924.
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Francis Mitchell
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He served in World World War II as an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley from 1940, as a General Staff Officer with 9th Armoured Division from 1941 and as Commanding Officer of 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars from 1942. He was appointed Commander of 26th Armoured Brigade in Italy in 1944 and Assistant Deputy Adjutant-General at Allied Forces Headquarters in 1945. At the end of the War he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division in 1953 before his sudden death in a horse riding accident in Germany in 1954.
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United Kingdom