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Mitchell Edward “Ginger” Image 1 Reading 1912
£8.95 – £49.95
Description
Middlesbrough, Yorkshire born forward Edward “Ginger” Mitchelll had played Army football and began his senior football career with Southern League club Reading, playing 8 matches, scoring once during their 1912-13 campaign. Mitchell moved on to Swansea Town in 1913 before his career was interrupted by the onset of the First World War, which forced the suspension of peacetime football in May 1915, by when Mitchell was already on army service.
By 1911, Mitchell was based at Bulford Barracks with The Royal Field Artillery. On 4th August 1914, the day Britain entered the First World War, Mitchell re-enlisted in The Royal Field Artillery in Scarborough as a gunner; he took part in the Battle of Mons in September and was wounded the following month. On 6th January 1916, having risen to the rank of sergeant, Mitchell was severely wounded during combat on the Western Front and was evacuated to No. 33 Casualty Clearing Station, Béthune, where he died of his wounds. He was buried in Béthune Town Cemetery Extension.
