Love in Wartime

War Time Comradeship in Services

On the island there were 400 Wrens... I belong to quite a few groups due to comradeship — the Royal...

Grey Wedding

I had all my life longed to be a June bride, with fresh flowers on my wedding day... His father was a...

The War Years

He did his training in Scotland from where he left for North Africa, and then through Italy and ended up in...

Peg's Story

Southport had masses of evacuees and civil servants from London and the Palace Hotel in Birkdale was used...

Mum and Dad's meeting.

Mum came from Wiltshire and Dad from Norfolk... Mum's 'claim to fame' was that she was the...

What I Know Of My Father

Geoffs father,Wilfred Rigby, was a Land Sergeant in the Britsh Army and was only 26 when he died... In...

From Heritage to Need

On June 1st 1940 I was married at St. Peter's Church Bengeworth... My wedding dress, which was blue...

Love at First Sight

Anyway we waited, but only 3 weeks and we got married on 14th December 1940 at St Josephs Church, Langport,...

Wartime Weddings

One of my wartime memories as a small child is of a young lady, standing on our kitchen table, with my...

Bob and Peggy Skinner

It was at Vernio that he first heard of Youlgrave from his good friend Ron Wood: “Ron and I were on...

Romance at Mill Farm Arrington

The War Office decided that anyone under 18 should be transferred to Royston Hertfordshire, enventually...

Getting Married in December 1941

On Christmas Day 1941, Jessie's fiance George, rang to say he was being posted abroad, had three...

Life in the Wrens

I moved to Cauldrose in Devon to HMS Gannet then on to Northern Ireland. It was funny really, I spent all...

12 Weddings in Bari Italy

I was stationed with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service in the 98th British...

My war runnaway marriage

Joyce Browne Nee Peecock. A little later we were married in Cairo Cathedral, and we spent our honeymoon in...

Went to Cairo and ended up in Fleetwood !!!

I served in Cairo, Heliopolis and Ismalia in the canal zone. There were many riots in Cairo, native...

My Wartime Wedding in Sheffield

I had to save seven clothing coupons to get my wedding dress. We were married at St. Cecilia's Church,...

Wartime love lost and found

I was a cook in the Cairnbulg NAAFI and Ted was in the RAF. When I was 66 I was visiting England...

Weekend Wedding-rings

They got a weekend wedding ring to stop in hotels, because they had to sign in “Mr and Mrs”....

War Bride

I was what was called a “war bride”, originally from Brussels in Belgium who got married to an...

The Land Army

My family lived next door to the rectory and the Reverend Watson agreed to marry Don and I. On the day of...

Romance on Victoria Station

In 1943 one evening I decided to to go Victoria Station with a friend to welcome home the troops... His...

VE Day - Home to Romance

This short story is in my Nan's words and was written for the 50th anniversary of VE Day, for a...

A Wedding Day

My sister Joyce, got married on 9-7-44 to Fred, a Chief Petty Officer. But it seemed hopeless to try and...

Hiding Under the Table

My friend Ruth was set to marry an army officer by the name of Carl Layborne... Ruth's brother was at...

Wedding Memories

We were married at St John's Church, Boxmoor at 10 a.m. — no brand new wedding dress for the...