Captain of the Foretop Samuel Mitchell VC - Royal Navy


KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : WESTLAND - NEW ZEALAND

Name Edward St John,
DANIEL
Samuel,
MITCHELL


Rank Lieutenant Captain of the Foretop

Force Royal Navy Royal Navy

VC won Inkermann & Sebastopol, Crimea,
5 November 1854
Tauranga, New Zealand,
29 April 1864


London Gaz 24 February 1857 23 July 1864

Born Bristol, England,
17 January 1837
Apsley Guise, England,
8 September 1841

Died 20 May 1868,
Hokitika
16 March 1894,
Drowned in the River Nikonui


Grave Hokitika Municipal Cemetery, Westland
( Memorial not over actual grave )
Ross Cemetery, Westland

Location
of VC
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
West Coast Historical Museum, Hokitika

Remarks None None None

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