BORN HULL 1879. SON OF WILLIAM IRWIN (1852-1903) AND JANE SMITH (1853-1918), OF 54 DALTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS.
HUSBAND OF ANN ELLEN IRWIN & THREE CHILDREN, OF 17 BEACONSFIELD AVENUE, CORNWALL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 40 CHURCH STREET, DRYPOOL (HDM ADDRESS, 16/08/1916). A STATION FIREMAN.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. HE LEFT FOR GALLIPOLI, ON 14/07/1914. WAS REPORTED MISSING AND CONFIRMED KILLED, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 36. HE WAS MISSING FOR TWELVE MONTHS. HIS WIFE RE-MARRIED AND BECAME MRS NEWELL AT THSI ADDRESS.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ALFRED IRWIN, 18390, 5TH OXFORD AND BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY, DIED ON 17/10/1915, AGED 25. ANOTHER BROTHER, HERBERT WILLIAM IRWIN, WAS LOST AT SEA, DURING WW2, ON 08/06/1942, AGED 48.
