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(James) William Irons 1838-1884
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(James) William Irons was born in Haverhill, Essex in 1838. His family were
weavers and he learnt the trade. However at that time the weaving industry
was in decline, and towards the end of the 1850s he moved to the East End of
London. The Royal Victoria Dock, built to cope with trade with India, was
opened in 1855 and William Irons obtained work as a dock labourer.
In 1861 he married Harriet Basham, a girl from back home in Haverhill. When
he was not working in the docks William continued to weave carpets which he sold and,
with the money he earned, managed to buy himself a pub, the Army and Navy,
where he was licencee from 1881.
William and Harriet had 12 children, and when William died in 1884 the pub passed
to his sons and stayed in the family for 80 years. It was bombed during WWII, but
another pub of the same name now stands on the site.
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