Iris Christine Whittle (1924-2014)

Iris Whittle (born 1924)

Biography
Iris Whittle was born in 1924 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Her father George Thomas Whittle (1902-1992) was a gas stoker and boilermaker and her mother Betsy Jane Williams (1903-1976) was a chef. Her paternal grandparents were George Whittle (1880-1944), a general labourer and Jane Sedgwick (1883-?) a laundry clothes folder. Her maternal grandparents were Fred Williams (1882-1966), a crane driver and Charlotte Pimm (1887-1966) a laundry maid.