II, he was assigned to the Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE), at Camp Borden, Ont. In 1940, he went overseas and was put in charge of replacement training. Transferred back to Canada in 1943, he was attached to National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa before joining the staff of the RCE Training Centre at Petawawa, Ont. In 1944, he took command of the Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering in Chilliwack, B.C. He later achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. Later life and memorials In 1946, Mitchell moved to Montreal where he joined an engineering firm in an executive capacity. In 1965, a Montreal branch of The Royal Canadian Legion was named after him. He died November 17, 1978 and was buried at the National Field of Honour in Pointe Claire, Quebec (Section M. Grave 3051). The Canadian Military Engineers chose to honour Mitchell by naming the main building of the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering at CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick after him. His Victoria Cross is on display at the museum there. A street in the town of Mount Royal is named after him. Mitchell Avenue, Mount Royal, Quebec. Coulson Mitchell Lake, named after him is located approximately 100 kilometres east of Thompson. The name of the lake is being modified to Norman Mitchell Lake at the request of the family to reflect that Lieutenant-colonel Mitchell was commonly referred to by the name "Norman". Honours References Further reading Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) The Sapper VCs (Gerald Napier, 1998) VCs of the First World War - The Final Days 1918 (Gerald Gliddon, 2000) External links Coulson Norman Mitchell's digitized service file Royal Engineers Museum Sappers VCs Legion Magazine article on Coulson Mitchell 1889 births 1978 deaths Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross Canadian military personnel of World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force officers People from Winnipeg Canadian recipients of the Military Cross Canadian military engineers University of Manitoba alumni Tunnel warfare in World War I Canadian Army personnel of World War II Canadian Militia officers Canadian Army officers Royal Canadian Engineers officers