SON OF MRS. MARGARET MITCHELL, OF 19, CHAPEL ST., ABERDEEN; HUSBAND OF MARY CHRISTIE MITCHELL, OF 8, NEWARK PLACE, PORT GLASGOW. BORN AT PETERHEAD.

Aberdeen Evening Express states drowned off HMS Progress

Progress was 204 tons built 1880 port glasgow. Lloyds have her listed as lost 21/12/1916 but no other records. The fields in the entry book are blank. She was requisitioned on the 28/4/1915 and owned at the time by the british phosphate co.