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Can you date this wedding photograph
« on: Sunday 24 September 23 13:13 BST (UK) »
This picture has bugged me for many years.
It is allegedly of my husbands uncle, although we have never been unable to find any marriage record for him and this lady.
I have managed to pin down the marriage to the church as St.Lukes, Redcliffe Square London SW10 from the photographers stamp on the back and also the window in the background of the photograph. Sadly the photographer is no longer in existence so I cannot ask them about the photograph. The records for St.Lukes are not on-line for the period I assume this picture was taken and they only reside in the London Metropolitan Archives which I cannot as yet get to being in Scotland

Any help as to the possible date of the picture would be enormously welcome.
Whatever clues (no matter however small) that you can discern from anything in the picture, may just give me the essential key to unlocking this picture and resolving this conundrum once and for all
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Re: Can you date this wedding photograph
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 24 September 23 13:52 BST (UK) »
Hi

This looks very much like a WW2 wedding. I'd say towards the end of the war. It might be best if this was on the photo board so that more 'daters' could see it.

I'll see if a Mod could move it for you.

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Re: Can you date this wedding photograph
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 24 September 23 14:39 BST (UK) »
I notice he has a wound stripe.
These were re-introduced in 1944.
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
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Re: Can you date this wedding photograph
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 24 September 23 16:11 BST (UK) »
I'm in no way an expert on wedding dresses, but that looks quite an ornate one for wartime. Maybe a hand-me-down?

Does the groom also have a badge on his left upper arm, or is it a bit of the veil? And what do you know of your husband's uncle's war service - we could possibly say whether it's consistent with the uniform here.

Other than that, who was the photographer, and do you have the dates they were working?

Assuming they're no longer alive, what were the couple's names and dates of birth? Did they have any children, and do you know anything about where they lived and where and when they died? I'm thinking that if one of the names was misspelled at registration, anything that refers to the surnames, or both of the couple together, might help in tracking the marriage down. Church of England marriages are registered at the time of the ceremony, so it would be very unusual for them not to be in the index at all.

Sorry for all the questions - just trying to think of anything that doesn't involve a trip to LMA.


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Re: Can you date this wedding photograph
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 24 September 23 16:23 BST (UK) »
Could be worth trying newspapers, I had a quick look and a couple of weddings at that church in 1940s came up but without knowing names don’t know if they are relevant.

Do you have any other photos of your husbands uncle to compare to this one? Does it look like him?

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« Reply #5 on: Sunday 24 September 23 17:19 BST (UK) »
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday 24 September 23 18:53 BST (UK) »
my parents married in 1943 and the ladies dress and bouquet are very similar
Pender, Raphael,Lambert,Digby,Stent,
Dowell,cornish,mulley,Death,Rosier,
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday 24 September 23 19:11 BST (UK) »
Re the wound stripe that Jim refers to
See
https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/5854-ww1-ww2-wound-stripes/

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Re: Can you date this wedding photograph
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 24 September 23 19:18 BST (UK) »
First used in WW1 but withdrawn post war & re-introduced in 1944.
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
Census information is Crown copyright,from
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/