Francis Mitchell (British Army officer)
| Francis Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1904 |
| Died |
1954 Germany |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| 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 |
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 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 Amoured 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]
References
- ↑ Mitchell Family Records
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32969. p. 6498. 29 August 1924. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Generals.dk
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Headlam
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by George Prior-Palmer |
GOC 6th Armoured Division 1953–1955 |
Succeeded by Roderick McLeod |