Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36646/supplement/3695. No. 3252325 Private George Allan Mitchell, The London Scottish (Gordon Highlanders). On 23rd/24th January 1944 at Damiano Ridge, Italy, when an advance was held up by enemy machine-guns firing at point blank range, Private Mitchell charged alone up the hill through intense Spandau fire, jumped into the weapon pit and killed the crew. The advance then continued, but shortly afterwards was again held up and this time Private Mitchell's assault on the position resulted in six of the enemy killed and 12 taken prisoner. He led two more successful attacks before falling dead, shot by one of the enemy who had surrendered.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36646/supplement/3695. No. 3252325 Private George Allan Mitchell, The London Scottish (Gordon Highlanders). On 23rd/24th January 1944 at Damiano Ridge, Italy, when an advance was held up by enemy machine-guns firing at point blank range, Private Mitchell charged alone up the hill through intense Spandau fire, jumped into the weapon pit and killed the crew. The advance then continued, but shortly afterwards was again held up and this time Private Mitchell's assault on the position resulted in six of the enemy killed and 12 taken prisoner. He led two more successful attacks before falling dead, shot by one of the enemy who had surrendered.