A CASUALTY GREAT WAR PAIR TO LIEUTENANT MITCHELSON SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT

A CASUALTY GREAT WAR PAIR TO LIEUTENANT MITCHELSON SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT Correctly impressed 2. Lieutenant G S Mitchelson Condition EF George Stanley Mitchelson was born on 1st June 1890 in Tranmere, Cheshire. He enlisted into Army Special Reserve, 3rd Bn South Lancashire Regiment at Warrington on 22nd August 1908. He gave his occupation as Labourer. Mitchelson enlisted in the regular Army four months later joining the 1st Bn. By 12th October 1915, he had risen to the rank of Sergeant. He was commissioned as Second Lieutenant on 16th October 1917. Re-joining his regiment and battalion at Quetta. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 16th April 1919. He died while at home on leave on 25th January 1920. Mitchelson was buried under a Commonwealth War Graves headstone in Bebington Cemetery. He was entitled to the pair and spent the war in India. The group comes with extensive original documents and photographs.