Entry is for his award of the Order of the Bath.
Brigadier General Charles Hamilton Mitchell, CB, CMG, DSO. 44th Lincoln and Welland Regiment. Earned while serving on the Headquarters of the General Staff of the British Army in Italy , 1918, while in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The award was gazetted on 3 June 1918. Charles Hamilton Mitchell was born at Petrolia , Ontario , on 18 February 1872, the son of the Reverend George Mitchell and Agnes Becket. He was a great grandson of a United Empire Loyalist. He was trained as a Civil Engineer and after graduating from the University of Toronto he took employment as the Assistant City Engineer in Niagara Falls and later served as the City Engineer. After leaving that post, he took up consulting in Toronto , and his work was largely in hydroelectric power construction. In 1901 he married Myra Ethlyn Stanton, daughter of John N. Stanton and Martha Hubbs of St Catharines . They had one son, Donald Russell Mitchell (1902-1904). He joined the militia as early as 1899. Prior to the First World War he served in the 44th Lincoln and Welland Regiment and the Corps of Guides. He was appointed GSO3 on staff of the Headquarters, 1st Canadian Division. When the 2nd Division was formed in August 1915, Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell was sent to its HQ as the GSO2 (Intelligence), the senior Intelligence appointment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). In September 1916, Colonel Mitchell was head of the Intelligence Branch of the Second Army. In October 1918 he was promoted to Brigadier General and served as a senior intelligence officer in the War Office in London . He returned to the Canadian Army in June of 1919. After the war he took up duties with the University of Toronto and served as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science. General Mitchell died 26 August 1941, and his wife 1 May 1958. Both are interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery , Toronto .

In 1914 a Corps of Guides officer, Charles Hamilton Mitchell served as the GSO3 on the staff of H.Q. First Division. When the Canadian Corps was formed in August 1915, Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell was sent to its HQ as the GSO2 (Int), the senior Intelligence appointment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). In September 1916, Colonel Mitchell was asked to head the Intelligence Branch of H.Q. Second Army. Colonel Mitchell did well, and in October 1918 was promoted to Brigadier-General and returned to the Canadian Army in June 1919. By the end of the Great War in 1918, the Canadian Army's intelligence organization had become an efficient and successful system

3 Jun, 1918 - St. James Palace - appointed Order of the Bath - Lt. Col. Charles Hamilton Mitchell, CMG; DSO, Central Ontario Regiment

Source: 011155-1901 (Lincoln Co.) Charles Hamilton Mitchell, 29, civil engineer, Petrolia, Niagara Falls, s/o George A. Mitchell & Agnes A. Beckett, married Myra Ethlyn Stanton, 28, Ingersoll, St. Catharines d/o John N. Stanton & Martha Hubbs, witn: Bertha L. Mason of Toronto & John P. Stanton of St. Catharines, 29 Aug 1901 at St. Catharines