British Army Solider -Marriage in Uniform - Possibly Thomas & Emily Sheffield

[kylemacca007]

I wanted to know if anyone could help me date the photo attached?

I am trying to trace my great grandfather and he married my great grandmother while he was a solider in the local barracks in Sheffield.

I found the image attached in my grandmothers home after she passed away. I believe this could be him but cannot date the photograph.

Please feel free to colour the image

Thank you in advance.

[John915]

Good evening,

Hard to give a definitive date but post WW2. He is wearing 1938 pattern battledress, has medal ribbons and two long service and good conduct stripes.

Do you have a date for the marriage, hopefully between 1946 and early 50s which would fit with the above.

John915

Added; the good conduct stripes were for 2 and 6 years service with no blemishes on his records.

[kylemacca007]

Hi John,

Thank you for your reply. In the subject header I mentioned maybe this was Thomas and Emily.

However their wedding was dated 1912, so now I’m thinking this isn’t Thomas and Emily.

[tomkin]

Bit of colour

[kylemacca007]

Can anyone tell me an estimated age for the two people in the photograph?

Thanks

[Ruskie]

Do you have any other photographs of Thomas and Emily (even when older) for us to compare and tell you if we think it might be the same couple?

I think these two could be in their be late teens early 20s I think. They look very young.

Her dress looks a little old fashioned for the 40's but it could well be a hand-me-down or remodelled gown. In a lot of the wedding photos we see in this era, the woman is wearing a 'best dress' rather than a wedding dress.

[Treetotal]

I would agree with 1940s and them being in their 20s.

Ruskie....materials would have been in short supply in the mid-late 1940s and rationing was still in operation into the 1950s. Her dress looks home made and could be made from parachute silk.

Carol

[kylemacca007]

Hi,

I don't know for sure if this is 100% Thomas and Emily.

My grandfather and grandmother married in 1945, however images i have of my grandmother when she was younger and I'm 99.9% sure this is not her in the photo. My grandfather was 27 in 1945 and my grandmother 18. They married at the registry office in Sheffield. I think the venue in this image looks similar to a church then the registry office.

I have an image of who i believe may be the same couple attached file name "9" and I believe there is a likeness of the soldier to my grand father in attached image "3" he's on the right. I don't believe they are the same person.

[Treetotal]

Your photos didn't attach Kyle...if you try again you need to rename the file, just add a number or letter to the file.
Carol