Person    | Male  Born 1882  Died 15/4/1912

James Fraser

Categories: Engineering, Tragedy

Countries: Scotland

Junior Assistant 3rd Engineer 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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James Fraser

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