Geboortejaar: 1898

Geboorteplaats: Manchester, Lancashire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Corporal

Service nummer: 352889

Dienstneming plaats: Salford, Lancashire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Eenheden:  —  Manchester Regiment, 2/9th Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 09/10/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Augustus Wood, Passendale, België

Doodsoorzaak: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Leeftijd: 19

Corporal Thomas Mitchell, a young man from Manchester, Lancashire, was killed in action on the 9th of October 1917, in what is known as the Batlle of Poelcapelle. At the time of his death he served in the 2/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, 198th Brigade, of the 66th Division.

That day, the 66th Division had two objectives ; the first being the Red Line ( which roughly went from Defy Crossing to Waterfields, with Augustus Wood inbetween these two points ) and the second being the Blue Line, with the aim to take over Haalen Copse. The 198th Brigade fought in conjuction with the 197th Brigade ; the 198th positioned on the left and the 197th positioned on the right . Although they didn't reach the Blue line, the division was succesfuly captured the Red Line.

Corporal Thomas Mitchell might have been killed near Augustus Wood while advancing to the Red Line due to heavy German barrages. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing.

2/9 Battalion Manchester Regiment (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/3141/7). https://nationalarchives.gov.uk Verdere verwijzing

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1635546

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=2eea93c2-7e0e-465e-a6cf-f19f30f63ec9

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3071508