Memorial

G Mitchell

Wall plaque

Source: Julia Fuller

1/1

Current Location

On the West wall of the reference room., Buxton Library, Kents Bank Road, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK17 9HW, England

SK 062 727

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 19183
Description: A horizontal oblong brass plaque on a wooden backboard. The plaque has a border of three thin incised lines, coloured black, and the incised inscription is in upright capital lettering, also coloured black. The backboard is of framed rounded moulding. Note that the current library building was NOT the one he worked in prior to WW1
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ GEORGE MITCHELL/ (1ST. LEICESTERS)/ ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, WHO FELL/ AT PASSCHENDAELE IN FRANCE/ 10TH. SEPT. 1917.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, date of death, regiment, place of death,forename,manner of death,occupation

Plaque

Height: 230mm

Width: 305mm

Depth: 2mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Backboard

Height: 275mm

Width: 345mm

Depth: 25mm

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good