Irwin, Charles Patrick (Pat)

Charles (known at Pat) was born in the first quarter of 1915. His parents were Richard George Irwin (1885-1950) and Minnie Irwin nee Stanley (1886-1964). Both of his parents were born in Leamington Spa and had married in 1911.

According to 1921 census Charles (Pat) aged 6 years 3 months was living at 6 Bridge Row, Warwick with his parents and two siblings, a sister Dorothy Mary, aged 12 and a brother, Richard Stanley, aged 8 years 9 months.  Pat’s father was working as a Railway Goods Guard for LNWR (London and Northwestern Railway) in Milverton, Leamington, just outside Warwick.

In 1939 Pat’s parents were still living at 6 Bridge Row.  We do not know where Pat was living.

Pat left probate to his father, Richard, so he was probably not married.

The Warwick Advertiser article from 1940 tells us something of Pat’s life. The Advertiser ran a regular feature on local men serving in the forces, as well the Roll of Honour column which generally featured those who had died.

Pat’s father, Richard died in 1950 and his mother, Minnie, married again in 1952 to Francis Simmonds. She died in 1964 in Solihull, West Midlands

Pat’s brother, Richard (1912-1981) married Amy Snape in Warwick in 1935. They had five daughters and one son. In 1939 they were living at 5 Chapman Street, Warwick, Richard was employed as an iron labourer.

Pat’s sister, Dorothy, married Harold Walter Fox (1905-1965) in 1937 in Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire. They had four children; she died in 2002 in Stafford.