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  • Find My Past Blog - Army sweethearts exhibition at the National Army Museum

    The National Army Museum is currently holding a special exhibition until 30 July 2011: Wives and Sweethearts.

    The exhibition explores soldiers’ relationships from the 18th century to the present day. You’ll be able to see a fantastic selection of letters, photographs, jewellery and other tokens of love.

    Find out more about the exhibition

    Have you found any army sweethearts in your family tree? Finding your ancestors’ army marriage records couldn’t be easier on findmypast.co.uk. We’ve recently improved our search so now you can look for your ancestors’ marriage records for 1796-2005 in one go. Our search will even match up your ancestors’ marriage records for you, giving you one definite marriage match or a list of possible matches. Try it now!

    We’ve found our very own army sweethearts in our Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records. Joseph Grandy’s military history sheet shows his wife, Catherine Louisa, as being with his battalion:

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    We can see from this record that Joseph and Catherine married on 16 September 1873 in Dublin. Joseph was posted to India on 21 October 1873, so we can infer that Catherine travelled to India with Joseph, a new wife unwilling to be parted from her husband.

    Here is a photograph of Joseph and Catherine from a photographer’s studio in Dublin:

    Click to enlarge. Photo courtesy of Paul Blake


    We’d love to hear about any army sweethearts you’ve found while researching your past.



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