Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, mahaifin Irving ya kasance jami'in jirgin ruwa mai haske HMS "Edinburgh". A ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1942, yayin da yake rakiyar Convoy QP 11
a cikin Tekun Barents, jirgin ya lalace sosai ta hanyar jirgin ruwa na Jamus U-456. Bayan kwana biyu, wani jirgin ruwa ya kai wa jirgin ruwa hari, kuma yanzu ba tare da dawowa ba an watsar da shi kuma ya rushe shi ta hanyar torpedo daga HMS "Foresight". Mahaifin Irving ya tsira, amma ya yanke duk wata alaka da matarsa da 'ya'yansa bayan lamarin.