Comrade Speaks For Shy Bridegroom
Because he had been in the army only a few days, Driver Ernest' Ray, of the R.A.S.C., was too shy to ask for leave to marry.
His marriage to 22-year-old Gladys Green, of Heston, was fixed to take place at Brentford Register Office recently, but the otner day Miss Green called and told the registrar that it might have to be postponed, as her fiance had not applied for leave. On the parade ground, Ray whispered to a friend, Driver Arthur Seymour, that he proposed to marry in two days.
“Well, you cannot let the girl down,” remarked Seymour, who at the earliest moment told the commanding officer the facts. Ray was sent for and granted 48 hours’ leave, and Seymour was told he could have 48 hours’ leave to be best man.
After the wedding, Ray said to a pressman: “I did not like to ask for leave as I had only just joined up.
“I was going to postpone the wedding for a few months. I shall always be indebted to Seymour for saving the situation.”
Seymour said: “To celebrate this day I am going to ask my sweetheart to become engaged.”
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Northern Advocate, 26 January 1940, Page 8
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