Six: Warrant Officer W. C. Mitchell, South African Forces

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte., Kimb.Reg.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (156 Pte., Kimberley Vol. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Pte., S.A.F.T. & P.C.) South African Field Telegraph & Postal Corps; British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (2nd C/W.O., D.S.C.) Divisional Signalling Company); Kimberley Star 1899-1900, date letter ‘a’; together with Silver War Badge and four Kimberley Regiment silver sports and shooting medals, all named: Regimental Sports, held 24th May, 1899, Bayonet Exercise, won by D Company; Barnato Trophy, Winning Team 1906; Finlayson Cup, Winning Team 1909; Litkie Trophy, Winning Team 1911, generally good very fine or better (11) £400-500

William Chalmers Mitchell was born at Castle Douglas, Scotland, in 1872. He enrolled in the Kimberley Regiment on 27 March 1896 and was a Clerk at the General Post Office at Kimberley. He was wounded during the siege by a gunshot, was promoted to Sergeant on 12 March 1903, and resigned on 18 February 1907.

Mitchell, whose occupation was described as Telegraphist and Postmaster, volunteered for service during the Great War at Tempe, O.F.S., in December 1915. He served as a Private (Telegraphist) with the South African Field Telegraph and Postal Corps, and later as 2nd Class Wireless Operator in the Divisional Signal Company. Shortly after the war he re-attested for service with the Nyasa-Rhodesia Field Force. Sold with copy service record and other research.