Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Warrant Officer Class II J. S. Mitchell, Parachute Regiment

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24278237 Pte. J. S. Mitchell Para); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband; together with a European Union Veterans’ Medal, gilt and enamel, generally very fine (3) £200-£240

John ‘Mad Mitch’ Mitchell, the son of Major J. F. Mitchell, Officer Commanding “A” Company, 3 Battalion, Parachute Regiment in 1945, joined the Parachute Regiment in February 1972. A long-time member of the D ‘Patrols’ Platoon, 3rd Battalion, he served with them in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Malaysia, and Belize. He took part in the eventful 3 Para tour of South Armagh in 1976 when his Company saw some serious engagements along the borders, spending many hours hidden in the country awaiting to ambush provisional I.R.A. members, and the following year featured in the film ‘A Bridge too Far’, when current members of the Parachute Regiment recreated the Arnhem Landing. He was advanced to Warrant Officer Class II in 1988 and left the Army in 1991.

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