Basic Details
Surname
Mitchell
Forenames
Joseph T
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Joseph Thomas
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He had been a PC in Leeds, an attendant at an asylum and a twister in a mill before he enlisted in the first week of the war. He was in France from 1915 but died in the Peter Pan Sector at Passchendaele and is commemorated on both the Tyne Cot Memorial and IWM 2625.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Sergeant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
9
Age at death
31
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Missing