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Wolverton Express 15-9-1933:

BRIDEGROOM IN MILITARY UNIFORM
   The striking figure of a Grenadier
Guardsman in uniform, as a bridegroom,
attracted considerable interest at a wedding
at Hanslope on Saturday afternoon last.
The Parish Church of St. James held a
large congregation when the Rev. J. Percy
Taylor (Vicar) officiated at the marriage of
Miss Clarice Herbert, the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Herbert, of the Half-Way
Houses, Hanslope, and Mr. Thomas George
Tebbutt, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Tebbutt, of 40 Vicarage Road, Old Bradwell.
During the service the hymns "Lead us,
Heavenly Father" and "O Perfect Love"
were sung and the organist rendered
"Here Comes the Bride" as the bride en-
tered the church and Mendelssohn's "Wed-
ding March" after the ceremony.
   The bride, who entered the church upon
the arm of her father, was attired in an
ankle-length dress of ivory satin with veil
and wreath of orange blossom, and white
satin shoes, and carried a shower bouquet
of white carnations and white heather. She
was attended by Miss Eva Hall, Wolverton,
her cousin, Miss Dorothy and Miss Bertha
Tebbutt, sisters of the bridegroom, and
Miss Ivy Whitbread, friend of the bride.
They were all attired in ankle-length dresses
of flowered ninon, two of lemon shade, and
the others of pale green. They wore crin-
oline hats and satin shoes to match dresses
and carried bouquets of scarlet carnations.
Mr. Frank Tebbutt attended his brother as
best man. As the happy couple left the
church the bride was presented with a sil-
ver horseshoe by the bridegroom's mother.
   A reception was afterwards held at the
Hanslope Central School, where fifty guests
assembled. The bridegroom is leaving Eng-
land in the very near future with the 3rd
Battalion of the Grenadier Guards for ser-
vice in Egypt.