Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Port Said War Memorial Cemetery | F. 45. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.130 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 28D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Mrs. Mary H. Mitchell, of Green Hedges, Rye, Sussex.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 10th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) |
10th (Royal East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion Formed at Sollum in Egypt on 1 February 1917 from two dismounted Yeomanry Regiments. February 1917 : attached to 230th Brigade, 74th Division. Moved to France. |
| Action : Egypt |
Egypt was the base for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force which was engaged in the region, primarily against the Turks. In the early stages of the war Egypt was threatened by Turkish advances towards Suez which were defeated and the Turks retreated to Palestine. Most of the effort of the MEF was thereafter directed towards operations in Palestine and Syria. Many of those buried and commemorated in Egypt succumbed to wounds, disease or were army victims of naval actions in the region.
Detail :
His death was reported in the East Kent Gazette on the 1st December 1917 and in the Kent & Sussex Courier a day earlier. Both have similar accounts, but the latter reads:- "General regret is expressed at the death of Lieutenant Ronald Walter Mitchell, of the Manor Farm, Laddingford, Yalding, and West Kent Yeomanry, who died of wounds on November 19th. He was the second son of the late Mr. R.A.H. Mitchell, formerly an Assistant Master at Eton College. He was born in 1876, and was educated at Eton College, where he was in the Eleven in 1894 and 1985. On leaving Eton he went up to Trinity College, Oxford, for two years, and then took up farming in Mid-Kent. On the outbreak of the war he applied for a commission in the Yeomanry, and was at first with the Reserve Regiment in this country. He went abroad in December, 1915. Lieutenant Mitchell was a member of the "Douglas" Lodge of Freemasons at Maidstone."
He appeared also in the Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald on the 9th March, 1918, noting his probate administration:
Probate MITCHELL Ronald Walter of Laddingford Yalding Kent lieutenant H.M. Army died 19 November 1917 in Egypt Probate London 23 February to Robert Henry Mitchell stockjobber and Francis Reeves farmer. Effects £10975 13s. 2d.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Douglas No. 1725 E.C. | East Kent |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
20th February 1912 | 19th March 1912 | 7th May 1912 |
Listed as a 35 year old farmer from Yalding at the time of initiation in 1912. War service is shown in the contribution record which is closed out on his line by "Died of Wounds 19th Novr/17."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley