Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Brine Mitchell
In memory of:
Captain John Brine Mitchell
September 15, 1916
Military Service
27
Army
London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Military Cross
Additional Information
Son of John B. and Anna Mitchell, of St. John's, Newfoundland. He is also commemorated on page 82 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
Commemorated on Page 573 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY
Somme, France
XVI. G. 15.
Longueval is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Albert and10 kilometres south of Bapaume. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery lies a short distance west of Longueval on the south side of the road to Contalmaison. Within the cemetery is Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, which commemorates those officers and men of the New Zealand Division who fell in the Battles of the Somme, 1916, and whose graves are not know.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of JOHN BRINE MITCHELL – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 14, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y264uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. Captain Mitchell's original regimental number in the C.E.F. is 2103. -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 19, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y268uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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