David Reynolds Mitchell
David Reynolds Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 1911 |
| Died | 30 April 1945 Atlantic Ocean |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Commander |
| Commands held | HMS Isis |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Service Order |
| Relations | Admiral Francis Herbert Mitchell Major-General Francis Neville 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.
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 Lieutenant-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
- ↑ Mitchell Family Records
- ↑ "David Reynolds Mitchell DSO, RN". uboat.net. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ "Admiralty Fleet Orders" (PDF). 23 September 1943.
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