Private 36298 John Mitchell
Regiment/Unit: Manchester Regiment - 20th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 27
Date of death: 15th of October 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Manchester, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension - IV. H. 7.
Family details:
Son of Robert and Margaret Mitchell, of 29, Powell St., Clayton, Manchester.
Census details:
1891 - John's parents Robert 47, Margaret 40 are living with their children William 16, George 14, Ann Jane 9, James 7, Edward 5, Mary 4 and Robert 1 at College Street, Windle, St Helens 1901 - John 10 is living with his widowed mother Margaret 53 and siblings James 19, Edward 16, Mary 14 and Robert 12 at 35 Albert Street, St Helens. 1911 - John 20 a labourer in the Wire Works is living with his widowed mother Margaret 64 at 122 Malcolm Street, Clayton, Manchester
[pic]tpics/J_Mitchell_Mancs.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private John Mitchell at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
(Photograph courtesy of Margaret Dufay.)[/caption]
