W. A. W. Mitchell
According to his birth certificate, William Arthur (Wellesley) Mitchell was born in Brighton, St. Elizabeth, on January 28, 1907. He was the son of Willford Mitchell, a labourer, and his wife, Emma, née Beckford. He was educated at the Clapham Elementary School in Brighton, and later at the Kingston Commercial College; he was a teacher at Clapham from 1922 to 1925. |