| Francis Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| File:Gen FN Mitchell.jpg | |
| Born | 1904 |
| Died | September 15, 1954 |
| Place of death | Germany |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1924-1954 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held |
1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 26th Armoured Brigade 22nd Armoured Brigade 6th Armoured Division |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |
| Relations |
Admiral Francis Mitchell Rev. Patrick Mitchell KCVO |
Major-General Francis Neville Mitchell CB CBE DSO (1904–1954) was a British Army officer who commanded 6th Armoured Division.
Military career[]
Born the eldest son of Admiral Francis Mitchell and a cousin of Patrick Mitchell KCVO,[1] Mitchell graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars in 1924.[2] He served in World War II as an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley from 1940, as a General Staff Officer with 9th Armoured Division from 1941 and as Commanding Officer of 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars from 1942.[3] He was appointed Commander of 26th Armoured Brigade in Italy in 1944, and Assistant Deputy Adjutant-General at Allied Forces Headquarters in 1945.[3] At the end of the War he was appointed CBE.[4]
He went on to be Commander of 22nd Armoured Brigade in 1947, Brigadier Royal Armoured Corps for the British Army of the Rhine in 1949 and Chief of Staff for I (British) Corps in Germany in 1951.[3] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division in 1953 before his sudden death in a horse riding accident in Germany in 1954.[3]
Family[]
In 1935 he married Ann Christian Livingstone-Learmouth.[5] Their daughter Mona served as Private Secretary to Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, from 1974 until 1991, and was appointed a DCVO on retirement.[6] Francis Mitchell's grandfather, Col. Herbert Leonard Mitchell, married Mary Arabella Susan Reynolds, the niece of Major-General John William Reynolds and the granddaughter of General Charles Reynolds. His brother Lieut-Cmdr David Reynolds Mitchell was killed one week before the end of WWII.[1] He is the cousin of Maj. Douglas Reynolds VC.[7]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seaver, J. Montgomery. "Mitchell Family Records". American Historical-Genealogical Society. https://archive.org/stream/mitchellfamilyre00seav/mitchellfamilyre00seav_djvu.txt. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ↑ "No. 32969". 29 August 1924. p. 6498. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32969/page/6498
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Mitchell, Francis Neville". Generals.dk. http://www.generals.dk/general/Mitchell/Francis_Neville/Great_Britain.html. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ↑ "Recommendation for Award for Mitchell, Francis Neville Rank: Lieutenant Colonel". National Archives. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7679212. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ↑ "Mitchell, Dame Mona (Ann)". Headlam. http://www.headlam.me.uk/html_pages/headlam_others.htm. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ↑ "Mitchell, Dame Mona (Ann)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
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