Auxiliary Cadet

Lionel Ralph Mitchell

Felonious
End of Watch November 16, 1920
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident

On 15th November 1920, Lionel and his colleague, Auxiliary Cadet Bertram Vivian Archer Agnew, left Macroom on twenty-four hours’ leave and travelled to Cork City where they stayed overnight in The Imperial Hotel. They left the hotel the following morning and were never seen again.

It was later established that both men had been abducted by terrorists, interrogated and shot dead in ‘The Rea’ area of Knockraha, County Cork, on 16th November. Their bodies are believed to have been buried in a bog between Cork and Macroom.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Auxiliary Cadet Mitchell served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Auxiliary Cadet Mitchell.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

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Service Record

End of Watch November 16, 1920
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Lionel is one of 605 officers killed feloniously in Ireland, 79.1% of the 765 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1920, 185 officers in Ireland were killed feloniously, the 2nd heaviest of 56 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 250.

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Who

Lionel was 23. Of the 543 killed feloniously in Ireland whose age is recorded, half were between 24 and 41; the middle age was 31.

Age at death
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When

November holds 9.1% of these deaths in Ireland; May holds the most, 14.9%. Tuesdays: 9.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 79.1% of all 765 deaths in Ireland, the most common cause.

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His people

Royal Irish Constabulary has at least 120 officers remembered here, Lionel among them.

Across the years

Auxiliary Cadet Lionel Ralph Mitchell

Royal Irish Constabulary · End of Watch November 16, 1920

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