David Reynolds Mitchell

Lieutenant-Commander David Reynolds Mitchell DSO DSC (1911–1945) was a Royal Navy officer who commanded several ships before being killed late in World War II.

David Reynolds Mitchell
BornJuly 1911
Died30 April 1945
Atlantic Ocean
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankLieutenant-Commander
Commands heldHMS Isis
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsDistinguished Service Cross
Distinguished Service Order
RelationsAdmiral Francis Herbert Mitchell
Major-General Francis Neville Mitchell

Military career

Born the youngest son of Admiral Francis Mitchell, brother of Major General Francis Mitchell and a cousin of both the Very Reverend Patrick Reynolds Mitchell KCVO and Major Douglas Reynolds VC[1], Mitchell began his career as a cadet on September 1, 1928, and attained his final rank of Lt. Commander in 1942. He was killed in the service of his country one week before VE Day - the end of World War II.

On 19 February 1943, Mitchell was serving as commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Isis when it sank the German submarine U-562 in the Mediterranean north-east of Benghazi.[2] Mitchell was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, "For leadership, daring and devotion to duty in action with enemy submarines in the Mediterranean, while serving (on H.M.S. Isis)".[3]

Family

In 1935 he married Heather Lenore Kent of Australia.

References
  1. Mitchell Family Records
  2. "David Reynolds Mitchell DSO, RN". uboat.net. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. "Admiralty Fleet Orders" (PDF). 23 September 1943.
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