PRIVATE CHARLES FREDERICK COX MITCHELL
7TH BTTN CANADIAN INFANTRY
5TH JANUARY 1916 AGE 19
BURIED: BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION, BELGIUM
The inscription comes from Psalm 82:
... all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
I have said, Ye are all gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Private Mitchell came from Vancouver and served with the 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry, the British Columbia Regiment. He was killed in action at Ploegsteert "While taking part in operations south of Messines, he was hit in the head and instantly killed by an enemy rifle bullet". Canadian Expeditionary Force Burial Registers.