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Revision as of 16:02, 10 July 2014
Personnel Entry
Name Mitchell Craig Bentley
Army number 249821
Rank Lt
Decorations Polar Bear Medal, M.i.D. London Gazette (posthumously) 22/3/1945
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Emergency Commission, Black Watch, Posted 1 TS, DIED of WOUNDS (shellfire) with 1 TS 17/8/44.
Company/Battery Bn HQ
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Intelligence Officer
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 17-Aug-44
Home address Son of Craig and Jean Mitchell, Edinburgh. Buried Grave XVI. C. 4. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.
Source table 1TS
As a result of providing evidence of documents signed by Lt Mitchell, and references to his role as Battalion Intelligence Officer over several years, CWGC amended their commemorative details to show that he was serving with 1st Tyneside Scottish when he was mortally wounded.
His commemorative record can be found http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2323446/MITCHELL,%20CRAIG%20BENTLEY here.
