Person    | Male  Born 18/6/1888  Died 15/4/1912

William Patrick Kelly

Categories: Engineering, Tragedy

Countries: Ireland, Scotland

Assistant Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website.

He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DW and on the Titanic Memorial Plinth in the Titanic Memorial Gardens, Donegal Square East, Belfast, BT1 5QS, that shows 1,512 names of those who died in the disaster.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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