Charley Mitchell

Rank: Private

Regiment: 5th Dragoon Guards

Address: Old Town, Hastings

Other Info: Believed to be the only member of the fishing fraternity who has joined the Army. Charley is well known in the Old Town and comes of a very old fishing family. He was reported missing after the Battle of Vezennes (Sic) on August 30th. One brother is serving in the Royal Fleet Reserve, another is in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and another is Captain of the local fishing boat ‘Mayflower’

Published: October 1914

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