Basic Details
Surname
Mitchell
Forenames
Bertie
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
8969
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 21 City Road, and is noted that he was entitled to the 1914 Star medal. It wrongly records that he died on 10/3/1915.

(CWGC records that Private Bertie Mitchell, regimental number 8969, died aged 25 on 14/3/1915 serving in D Company, 2nd Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial in France. They record him as the son of the late William and Rebecca Mitchell of 21 City Road, Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects likewise record that Bertie died on 14/3/1915; his father William was his legatee. The Medal Rolls record that he disembarked on 6/11/1914, and that he was killed in action 14/3/1915. On the 1901 census Bertie had been living with his parents at 25 St Mary's Street, Peterborough. By the 1911 census he was serving in Malta as a Private in the 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment; his parents were living at 19 City Road, Peterborough on that census. When Bertie's death was announced in the Peterborough Advertiser on 12/6/1915 it was stated that he had served six years in Egypt prior to embarking for France).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Neuve Chapelle
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
March
Day of death
10
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 10 March 1915 [sic] at Neuve Chapelle"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
21, CITY ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial