William Roy Mitchell

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772029
Unit at enlistment: 
241st Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
November 8th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Tyne Cot Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - L.J.6.
Commemorated at: 
Zion Presbyterian Church
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
4481 Monroe Avenue, Ecorse, Michigan, U.S.A.
Next of kin address: 
Ecorse, Michigan, U.S.A.
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Employer: 
Grand Trunk Railway
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
24

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Previously for official purposes presumed to have died, now reported Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches West of Passchendaele.

BX December 4, 1917

Private William Roy Mitchell Reported Missing

Word was received here from Mrs. Roy Mitchell, now of Windsor, that she had been officially notified that her husband, Private William Roy Mitchell, formerly of this city, where he was employed as a brakeman by the Grand Trunk, was reported missing on Nov. 8. He had enlisted with a battalion of Highlanders at Windsor, having previously been connected with the 125th.