Photo of Harry Mitchell

Margaret's autograph book, Photograph of Margaret and George's wedding day, Australian Imperial Force cap badge, Australian Imperial force 1914/15 medal, Employers medal awarded by the mining company who ran Abermain Colliery to the men who had served it is inscribed on the back with his details, George's Australian passport used upon re-immigration. || My Grandfather George Alexander Mitchell emigrated to Australia to work as a miner in Ipswich near Brisbane around 1910/11 and joined the Imperial Australian Force July 27 1915.He was sent to fight on the Western Front for the duration. During his leave he returned to his Mother's home in Lochore in Fife and there met Margaret Selby who later became his wife. George returned to Australia in March 1919 to be demobbed and then re-emigrated to Scotland in March 1920. Margaret and George married in August 1920. || || Margaret Mitchell's (Selby) autograph book || Cover of autograph book || Autograph || Home Front || Front || Women || || Photograph of George Alexander Mitchell and Margaret Selby on their wedding day || Home Front || || Memorabilia || Australian Imperial force cap badge || Cap badge || || Italian Front || Australian Imperial force 1914/15 medal || Western Front || Medal || Medal Awarded to George Alexander Mitchell || || medal awarded by their employers to men working at Abermain Colliery in Australia who had served in the Australain Imperial force || English || Slovenščina || Medal || Employers medal awarded to men working at Abermain Colliery in Australia || -27.6140932,152.7584716 || Ipswich, Australia || || Official document || George's Australian passport used when he returned to the UK || Front || Australian passport || || Back || Official document || Back of Australian passport || Back page of George's Australian passport

Field binoculars; military cross and presentation box; photo in RFC uniform; service medals || My grandfather, Captain John (Jack) Mitchell, joined the Royal Field Artillery in 1914. He identified as British and was a member of the Church of Ireland in Waterford. He saw action at Ypres and won the Military Cross at Sheik Saad on 6 April 1916 in Mesopotamia. He joined the RFC, but in 1917, a crash-landing left him unfit for flying with a steel plate in his head; he was then made captain of the garrison in Cairo until 1923. He was an avid sportsman, playing rugby for the British army, soccer for Leicester and Waterford, and cricket for the MCC and Northampton. Sometime between 1919 and 1923 (his time in Cairo), he became the squash champion of Egypt; for this he was given a cup, which my cousin has since brought back to Cairo to the same squash club--they were excited to see it! After the war, he coached and refereed cricket at a Quaker school in Waterford: in this way, he could focus on his sport and social life rather than a profession. He volunteered during World War II and received the Emergency Medal for his service. He died in 1966. I received these items from my father, who also had his ceremonial sword. A velvet hat from his time on the British army rugby team was inherited by another family member, and again, my cousin inherited his squash trophy. || || John Mitchell's field binoculars || John Mitchell || Other || || John Mitchell's Military Cross || John Mitchell received this at Sheik Saad on 6/4/1914 || Middle East || Medal || John Mitchell || || John Mitchell's Medal Presentation Box || John Mitchell || Medal || || Photograph of Capt. John Mitchell || Photograph || Captain John Mitchell in his RFC uniform. || John Mitchell || || John Mitchell's war medals || Medal || || John Mitchell || John Mitchell's war medals || Medal