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Marriage of army personel

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CassieB

CassieB Report 23 Oct 2013 22:11

Although I already had the details of my parents' marriage at the Garrison Church, Catterick, during WW2, on the recently obtained service record for my father this is recorded and shows that his superior had seen the evidence.

Researching:
Eastwood, Griffith/s, Abraham, Price, Randall/Randles,Perry Liverpool, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Lancashire, Denbighshire, Plymouth possibly

Joanne

Joanne Report 23 Oct 2013 18:43

Great thank you

was plain ann now annielaurie

was plain ann now annielaurie Report 23 Oct 2013 17:39

There's this marriage. Wife was Elizabeth D Horey

Arthur J McConnell
Spouse Surname: Horey
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1942
Registration District: Bethnal Green
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume Number: 1c
Page Number: 174
Find Spouse: Find Spouse

was plain ann now annielaurie

was plain ann now annielaurie Report 23 Oct 2013 17:36

His Commonweath War Graves entry says that his wife was Elizabeth Doris

McCONNELL, ARTHUR JAMES

Rank:
Serjeant
Service No:
549744
Date of Death:
18/07/1944
Age:
29
Regiment/Service:
Royal Armoured Corps

"B" Sqn. 23rd Hussars
Grave Reference
IVA. K. 13.
Cemetery
RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

Additional Information:

Son of William James McConnell and Edith Rose McConnell; husband of Elizabeth Doris McConnell, of Poplar, London.

Joanne

Joanne Report 23 Oct 2013 17:18

Arthur James McConnell DOB 10/8/1914
Died on the battle field during Operation Goodwood. 18/7/44
I have his war grave info. but cannot find anthing about a marriage.

I have looked on Ancestry and Free BDM

My uncle once told me he married Doris?

Can anyone help with this please.