CHARLES MITCHELL 

EARLY LIFE

Charles Mitchell was born in 1898 and baptised at St Paul's Church on 7 June 1899, the son of Mary (née Houghton) and John Mitchell, a carter of Hibel Road, Macclesfield.

In 1901, two year old Charles was living at 6 Crown Street with his parents, half-sisters Beatrice Haughton (14) and Florence Haughton (8), and brothers John (5) and William (4). Ten years later, the family had moved to 10 Palace Terrace, Hibel Road, Macclesfield, and Charles was employed as a weaver at a cotton mill.

 

WW1 SERVICE

Charles enlisted at Macclesfield, joining the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was reported missing on 21 March 1918 and was later assumed to have been killed in action on or since that date.

 

 

COMMEMORATION

Private Charles Mitchell is buried in Grave Ref. II. B. 25 in Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, France. 

In Macclesfield, Private Charles Mitchell is not confirmed to be commemorated on any memorials, although since there was another man named Charles Mitchell it is impossible to be sure which man was named on each memorial.

 

NOTES

Another Charles Mitchell was born in Macclesfield in 1895, served as a Sergeant, service number 290339 with the 1/7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He died of wounds on 20th December 1917 in Palestine.

 

SOURCES

Cheshire Parish Baptism Registers (Find My Past): St Paul’s Church, Macclesfield

GRO (England & Wales) Index: Births

Census (England & Wales): 1901, 1911

Soldiers Died in the Great War (Find My Past)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission website

Lives of the First World War website


Research by Rosie Rowley, Congleton.