Born: 26th June 1925 @ Clifton, Bristol to Henry William Patten and Mabel Elizabeth Patten (Previously Adey, Nee Mitchell)

Christened: 6th December 1925 @ Christ Church, Clifton, Bristol

Married: 12th September 1948 @ Christ Church, Clifton, Bristol to Joan Mary White

Children: Simon Timothy Patten, Jonathan David Patten, Nicholas Anthony Patten

Died: 15th July 1983 @ BRI, Bristol from a heart attack.

Buried: Grave 524 Pink FF, Canford Cemetary, Westbury-On-Trym, Bristol (cremated)

Brian worked for the BBC in Bristol all of his life, starting as a studio attendant and working for many years as a senior radio (and sometimes television) producer. Brian served on the mine-sweeper 'Cynthia' during WW2 (sweeping the English Channel) and his ship took King Harkon back to Norway at the end of the war. Photo (c.1980)