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23/01/1889 - 31/10/1917

Place of birth: St Mary le Strand, Middlesex
Last known address in Bromley: Tallandra 33 Crown Lane

Military information

Regiment/Service: London Regiment
Battalion/Ship: 2nd/22nd Bn
Rank: Private
Number: 683924

Family information

Parents: Alexander & Eliza Mitchell (nee Ross)
Parents' occupation: Plumber
Siblings: Annie, Alexander John, Maggie Georgina, William Victor (d), Agnes Ross, Horace
Relatives on War Memorial: CAMPBELL, G.S., MITCHELL, A.J.
Wife: Frances Elsie Utting
Marriage date: 03-04-1915
Children: None

Census information

1891
Address: 7 Drury Court St Mary le Strand
1901
Address: 23 Pascoe Road, Lewisham
1911
Address: Tallandra, 33 Crown Lane
Occupation: Fire engineer's clerk

Extra details

Albert was the 5th child (and twin of Agnes) of Alexander and Eliza Mitchell. After attending Hither Green Council School he worked as a clerk at G H Hardy's of Woolwich. He was a keen sportsman and was a member of Bromley Common Cricket Club. He married Frances Elsie Utting in Lewisham on 3rd April 1915.

He enlisted in August 1915, was sent to France then Salonika in December, later serving with the Egyptian Army in June 1917. He subsequently served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine in August and was killed in action at Yahia.

Albert's sister Maggie was the wife of George Strachan Campbell who also died.