Richard Mitchell
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Son of Edward and Annie Mitchell of 59 Park Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Richard was baptised atSt Edmunds Church, Mansfield Woodhouse, on 11th August 1921 along with his twin sister, Margery, who died in 1923 and his older sister Doris born in 1918.
Other siblings: Norah (1905), Edwin (1907), Albert (1910), Arthur (1911) and Violet (1914).
In the spring of 1942 Richard married Mary White, they were married less than 6 months.
Mary White lived at 56 Littleworth Mansfield in 1939 and she was working as a Tin Box Machinest. She married again in 1946 to Reuben Lamb.
Richard left Mary £600 in his will.
2/5th Bn of the Sherwood Foresters had been evacuated from Dunkirk in May 1940 and until they were deployed to North Africa in late 1942. They were based in England training and reinforcing.
Buried at Mansfield Woodhouse Cemetery.
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