His birth index:

First name(s)         Paul
Last name             Eccleston
Birth quarter         2
Birth year            1939
Mother's maiden name  Bagshaw
District              Walsall
County                Staffordshire
Country               England
Volume                6B
Page                  988
Record set            England & Wales Births 1837-2006
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There are three Paul Eccleston marriages in Staffs, all close together when he was around 30 and any could be his:

Last name  First name(s)  Year Of Birth  Year  Location                Wife
Eccleston  Paul           —              1970  Walsall, Staffordshire  Angela Guest
Eccleston  Paul           —              1971  Cannock, Staffordshire  Judith A Boot
Eccleston  Paul           —              1981  Walsall, Staffordshire  June Lockley

I can only proceed with these by buying marriage certificates to see if any of them was the son of Eddie Ernest.  One of the first two would seem more likely than the third.
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No death can be found for him, probably because he is still alive (as I am and born a year before him).