Alexander Whitson Mitchell
Rank: Private
Service No: 47954
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 10/04/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers (2nd Bn.)
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial
Additional information: Son of Catherine Mitchell of 27 Cathcart Street, Rutherglen, and the late James.
Rutherglen Lore information: Sons of Mrs. C M Mitchell, 50 Chapel Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Mother Catherine Mitchell.
1901 census information:
Address: 50 Chapel Street, Rutherglen.
Father: James (40) commercial traveller, born about 1861 in Glasgow.
Mother: Catherine (35) born about 1866 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James M (8) born about 1893 in Glasgow.
Brother: Archibald M F (6) born about 1895 in Rutherglen.
Self: Alexander W (1) born about 1900 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Catherine 45, James Murray 8, Archibald McFad 16, Alexander Whits 11, Jean Whitson 6 and William Watson 4.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw Parish Church, Rutherglen
*Brother of Archibald McFadyen Mitchell.