WWI Medal Pair to Canadian Infantry Works Company - Boer War Veteran - Mitchell

British War Medal, Victory Medal named to: 157646 PTE. W. J. MITCHELL CAN. INF. WKS. COY.

William James Mitchell was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England and had previous service in Nesbitt’s Horse in South Africa in 1901 when he enlisted in the 81st Battalion (Toronto) in September 1915. Served in France with the 2nd Brigade Police in 1917.