Name
Norman Rule McGregor Mitchinson
Born
1919-09-14
Birth Place
Welland, ON
Occupation
Electrician
Religion
Church of England
Died
2008-08-22
Death Place
Awards
Mentioned in Dispatches for actions at the Combined Opertions Raid on Dieppe. He was also presented to HRH Queen Elizabeth and was one of the first recipients of the Ontario Medal of Good Citizenship.
Cemetery
Lundy’s Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls
Service Record 1
Regimental Number
RCNV8986
Highest Rank
Leading Seaman
Conflict
Battalion
Company
HMCS Skeena
Artefacts, Photographs & Resources
Visit the Online Collections of the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre through the link below, for more information and artefacts related to this soldier.
Online Collections Link
Notes
Served on H.M.C.S. Skeena. Norman was one of only a few Canadians to have participated in six major invasions of the Second World War: Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, D-Day (Normandy) and Southern France.News Clippings
Norman Mitchinson Dieppe letter, newspaper clipping
Norman Mitchinson
LS Norman Mitchenson (Front 2nd from L)
Norman Mitchinson Dieppe letter, newspaper clipping
Military Patch
Identification Tag
Hat
