Air Chief Marshal Sir William Gore Sutherland Mitchell, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC, AFC (8 March 1888 – 15 August 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the first RAF officer to hold the post of Black Rod.
Commissioned into the Devonshire Regiment in 1906, Mitchell spent his early military years as an infantry subaltern.
[2] He attended the Central Flying School in 1913, being awarded his Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate no.
[2] In retirement Mitchell served as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
[2] He is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery, south west London.