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Name: NORTH, Doreen Patterson, Mrs
Nee: dau of Stanley Fraser, twin sister of Sheila Tyrrell
Birth Date: 1920 Sunderland
Area: Mombasa
Married: 1948 Eric Barrington North (28 May 1916-26 Jan 1987)
Children: Roger Barrington (1954); Giles Barrington (1957)
Book Reference: Patterson family book
General Information:
Served in WAAF during early part of World War 2 then continued war work as a civilian. Moved to Mombasa after war and lived there for many years. Returned to Cotswolds before moving to Somerset.
Mrs D.P. North writes - Husband Eric went to Kenya with his parents and two sisters, via South Africa, in 1928. Eric was in the Mombasa branch of the KDF and later RASC after WW2. He was one of the founder pupils at the Prince of Wales School when it opened circa 1928/9