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Colin Mitchell was born on 17 November, 1925 in Croydon, Surrey, England, is a British Army officer and politician (1925–1996). Discover Colin Mitchell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 17 November, 1925
Birthday 17 November
Birthplace Croydon, Surrey, England
Date of death 20 July, 1996
Died Place Westminster, London, England
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1918

He was badly gassed in 1918.

After the war, he worked in the City of London and married a Glaswegian woman (née Gilmour) whose father worked as a manager for the LMS Railway company.

The couple took up residence in the South London suburb of Purley where they had two children – Colin and Henrietta.

The family lived in a modest semi-detached house and Colin would attend services at the local Presbyterian Church wearing a kilt.

Mitchell received his formal education at the Whitgift Grammar School in Croydon.

1925

Colin Campbell Mitchell (17 November 1925 – 20 July 1996) was a British Army soldier and politician.

1939

One of his fellow instructors was Stan Cullis who had been the captain of the Wolverhampton Wanderers cup side at Wembley in 1939 and was the captain of England at the time.

1940

In 1940, at age 15, Mitchell enlisted in the Home Guard, and may have been the youngest Home Guard soldier.

1943

In May 1943 he joined the British Army, enlisting as a private in the Royal West Kent Regiment.

He soon became a Lance-Corporal and instructed newcomers in physical training.

1944

Mitchell was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1944.

He fought in the final battles of the Italian campaign, and was lightly wounded in the advance on Ferrara.

Despite this, his wartime experience inclined him to take up a military career.

1946

He was appointed to a regular commission on 21 December 1946.

Following the war, he saw action against Jewish guerrillas during the Palestine Emergency.

While in Palestine, he participated in operations to arrest Jewish militants.

During Operation Agatha, which saw most of the Jewish political leadership in Palestine detained, Mitchell's mission was to arrest Moshe Shertok (a future Prime Minister of Israel).

Initially, his unit raided the wrong house.

However, they were later able to find and arrest him.

In July 1946, he witnessed the King David Hotel bombing: he and his company commander were within 300 feet of the building when the bombing occurred.

While on a personal reconnaissance mission, he was shot and wounded by one of his own Bren gunners, who mistook him for a guerrilla.

After recovering from his injuries, he was transferred from his regiment to become aide-de-camp to General Gordon MacMillan, the commander of British forces in Palestine and Transjordan.

He spent a total of three years in Palestine.

While there, he made friends among both the Arabs and Jews, including Moshe Dayan, a future Israeli general who would become one of Mitchell's heroes, as well as future Israeli Prime Minister Moshe Sharett, then named Moshe Shertok, who developed a cordial relationship with Mitchell after his arrest and corresponded with him for years afterward, when he became a senior Israeli government official.

1950

In 1950, with the outbreak of the Korean War, he was allowed to rejoin his regiment so he could deploy to Korea.

He participated in the initial advance into North Korea, seeing close-quarters combat along the way.

His regiment ultimately reached Taechon, near the Chinese border on the Yalu River.

When the Chinese Army intervened and crossed the Yalu River in overwhelming numbers, the regiment was forced to take part in the retreat of UN forces, and later helped hold the line against Communist forces when UN forces consolidated.

The regiment held a position known as "Frostbite Ridge", where they had to endure freezing conditions.

1951

They held the area through the winter until the thaw, and in 1951, they began to advance.

However, shortly afterward, they were relieved and withdrawn.

1967

He became a public figure in 1967 as the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

Forces under his command reoccupied the Crater district of Aden which had been taken over by local police mutineers in what became known as "the last battle of the British empire".

1968

The reoccupation and subsequent control of the Crater were controversial and Mitchell resigned his army commission in 1968.

1970

Subsequently, he became a Conservative Member of Parliament and served one term from 1970 to February 1974.

After participation in a failed business venture he subsequently worked as a security and military consultant.

1989

In 1989 Mitchell took a leading role in the Halo Trust, a not-for-profit organisation undertaking mine clearance in former war zones.

Mitchell's father (also called Colin) came from an Argyllshire fishing family.

2010

Mitchell (Snr) worked in a solicitor's office and for the MacBrayne ferry company before serving in the 10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in World War I.

Mitchell (Snr) achieved the rank of captain (commissioned 'in the field') and was awarded the Military Cross at the Second Battle of Ypres, but when the young Colin asked him how he would only say, 'Oh, shooting rabbits'.