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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 77

An Interesting ´Military´ M.B.E. Group of Ten to Lieutenant F.W. Mitchell, Royal Navy, A Veteran of the Battle of Jutland and a Survivor of the Sinking of H.M.S. Nottingham, 19.8.1916, He Was Taken P.O.W. by the Japanese at the Fall of Hong Kong, 1941 a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member´s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver in Royal Mint case of issue b) 1914-15 Star (233730 F.W. Mitchell, P.O., R.N.), light verdigris to obverse c) British War and Victory Medals (Bosn F.W. Mitchell. R.N), naming details on VM slightly rubbed d) 1939-1945 Star e) Pacific Star f) Defence and War Medals g) Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, privately engraved in sloping serif capitals ´F. Mitchell, A.B., H.M.S.Cochrane.) h) Jubilee 1935, generally very fine, mounted as originally worn unless otherwise stated, with (10) related miniature awards, last nine mounted for wear, and four riband bars (10) Estimate £ 250-350 M.B.E. London Gazette1.1.1938 Lieutenant Frederick W. Mitchell, R.N. Lieutenant Commander Frederick William Mitchell, M.B.E., born Portsea, Hampshire, 1888; joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class, 1906; service during the Great War included as a Petty Officer in H.M.S. Queen Mary (Battle Cruiser), 4.1.1914-5.10.1915, during which time, as part of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron Grand Fleet she took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight; he served in H.M.S. Nottingham, 9.5.1916-19.8.1916, during which time she participated in the Battle of Jutland (31.5.1916), where as part of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron she clashed with the German 4th Scouting Group; Mitchell´´s service in the Nottingham came to an end when during the early hours of 19.8.1916 she was hit and sunk by three torpedoes fired from U 52; Mitchell survived the attack, however, 38 men were lost; further postings included in H.M.S. Implacable, 10.10.1916-23.8.1917; commissioned Lieutenant 1.1.1935; after several months of training Mitchell qualified for Boom Defence work in 1938, and was part of the Boom Defence crew during the siege of Hong Kong, December 1941, where he was captured and taken prisoner of War; he was repatriated in 1946; retired Lieutenant Commander.

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