William Mitchell's registrations 4 WTM and 5 WTM

The generation game

William Mitchell, from Dartford in Kent, spotted his brother-in-law, David Curtis, in issue 55 of The World of Personal Number Plates with his 8 DC and 23 DC number plates. This inspired William to tell us about his own registrations.

4 WTM and 5 WTM

“I purchased both 4 WTM and 5 WTM from you,” says William. “My name is William Thomas Mitchell and I am the fourth generation: my dad, his dad, and his dad before him all have the same name. My son is the fifth generation William Thomas Mitchell.

William celebrated the four generations with 4 WTM about five years ago and updated the tally with 5 WTM when his son was born in 2021.

A family of businesses

William’s business, WTM Trade Supplies Ltd, has been importing and supplying PPE and consumables to the construction industry, since 2016.

“My grandad had a carpet shop, called Mitchell’s Carpets, for about 50 years,” says William, “and my dad has the largest wholesale tropical garden centre in the whole of the UK, Sutton Manor Nursery.”

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