| William Kilpatrick was the youngest son of Robert and Eliza Kilpatrick. Robert Kilpatrick and Eliza Boyd were married on 27th July 1875 in Coleraine.
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| William Kilpatrick was born on 12th December 1888 in Coleraine. He was the youngest of at least seven children, all of whom were born in Coleraine.
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| Known family: Robert Kilpatrick, Eliza Kilpatrick, Flora Kilpatrick (born 28th December 1876), Samuel Kilpatrick (born 29th January 1878), Unnamed male Kilpatrick (born 25th February 1880), Robert Kilpatrick (born 1st January 1881), Eliza Kilpatrick (born 8th January 1883), Rachel Ann Kilpatrick (born 10th July 1886), William Kilpatrick (born 12th December 1888).
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| The 1901 census lists William as age 12, living with the family at house 1 in Tullaghmurry East, Portstewart. His father was a shoemaker.
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| By 1911, William had changed his name to Kirkpatrick.
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| The 1911 census lists William Kirkpatrick as age 22, living with his sister and her family at house 1 in Tullaghmurry East, Portstewart. William was a plasterer.
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| William Kirkpatrick was a member of Burnside L.O.L. No. 721.
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| William enlisted in Cookstown. He was living in Maghera at the time.
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| Private William Kirkpatrick served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers as a Private with the No. 19745.
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| William later transferred to the Connaught Rangers.
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| Private Kirkpatrick was wounded in the shoulder at Gallipoli in 1915.
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| Private William Kirkpatrick was serving with the 5th Battalion of the Connaught Rangers when he was killed in action at Gallipoli on Saturday 28th August 1915.
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| Private William Kirkpatrick has no known grave and is commemorated on panel: 181-183 on Helles Memorial in Turkey.
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| Private William Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on Portstewart War Memorial.
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| Private William Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on Burnside L.O.L. No. 721’s Roll of Honour in Burnside Orange Hall.
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| Private William Kirkpatrick is also commemorated on the WW1 Roll of Honour in Portstewart Presbyterian Church.
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