I'm glad that you like it.
You must be right about your great-grandad not being in the army at the time of his wedding because they'd have mentioned it otherwise. He did sign up (or re-enlist) for WWI and was discharged sick shortly before the armistice, receiving the silver war badge.
I got the day wrong, the paper actually said ""Two weddings of considerable local interest were solemnised at the Baptist Church on Monday, and were witnessed by large numbers of friends and parishioners."
Incidentally, the church was specially decorated because the bride the first wedding, Edith Randon, had been the organist at the church for 5½ years so they really spruced the place up as a tribute to her. The second wedding was that of your ancestors George Harry Nelson and Edith Annie Fisher. The paper also mentioned that 'Mr. and Mrs. Fisher entertained numerous guests at "Ferndale."'
The only other article about a George Harry Nelson which I can find is definitely about some other George Harry Nelson because our respective ancestors would have been too young to be the person in question. It's an article about a George Harry Nelson who picked a fight with an NCO and got the worst of it.
George Harry Nelson, a groom, accused Hugh Dougen, a sergeant-instructor, of assault in the Railway Hotel in Rugby.
Nelson had 'entered into a tirade against the army in general and Sergeant Dougen particular, used offensive language towards the Queen, called Sergeant Dougen a coward, and invited him into the stable-yard where he said he would "knock corners off him"'. That was a bad idea because when he actually tried to have a go, Sergeant Dougen floored him.
Nelson then went to Court and had Sergeant Dougen brought up on charges of assault, but all of the witnesses disagreed with Mr. Nelson's version of events, and the magistrates relased Sergeant Dougen (but made Mr. Nelson pay costs and kept him in custody).
Amazing stuff!
Many thanks for sharing that with me, this will be interesting for the few family members I'm still in contact with.
George Harry & Edith went on to have a small business producing wedding outfits. He was a tailor and Edith a dressmaker.
At the time of their wedding, I'm assuming that George Harry hadn't already enlisted in the Warwickshire Regiment, as at that time they both moved to Nuneaton. Their son, my Grandad, was born in 1916 in that town.
I was researching my own great-grandfather who had the same name as yours (but no relation). Anyway, I found an report of your great-grandfather's wedding in the Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham News - Thursday 05 August 1915 - George Harry Nelson, youngest son of George Nelson of Sheepshead married Edith Annie Fisher, youngest daughter of John T. Fisher the chair of the parish council. The wedding was on the Wednesday before the publication date of the paper. The bride wore "ivory silk crepe poplin" and a "picture hat", and carried a bouquet of pink roses. The bridesmaids (Eva Fisher and Joyce Nelson) wore "pale blue silk crepe poplin". Hymns included "O Love, Divine and Golden", the happy couple arrived by motor-car and the bridegroom's brother Will Nelson was there. The Rev. W. V. Phillips officiated. Oh, and they got lots of presents.