2nd Lieutenant J. P. C. Mitchell

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Mitchell was originally an officer in the 4th Battalion Highland Light Infantry who volunteered in 1916 to train as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps. His squadron carried out reconnaissance and artillery observation above the trenches of the Western Front. Mitchell was killed in action aged only 19.

National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh

Title

2nd Lieutenant J. P. C. Mitchell

Date

1917

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 136 x W 92 cm

Accession number

M.1991.195

Acquisition method

gift

Work type

Painting

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Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2NG Scotland

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