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[td]After several last-minute date changes due to Lt Weld-Forester's army postings, the couple were married at [[St George's, Hanover Square]] on 30 April 1940. Charles' mother Lady Victoria had previously served as a Lady-in-Waiting to [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], who sent a telegram of congratulations to him on the morning of the Wedding Day. It was reported that the [[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough|Duke and Duchess of Marlborough]], and [[Winston Churchill|Winston]] and [[Clementine Churchill]] were invited to the wedding.<ref>{{cite news |title=Society Wedding |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 April 1940 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Moyra wore the bridal veil of her famed ancestress [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] (a Churchill family heirloom; Moyra was a great-granddaughter of [[John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Wedding Guests Despair When Bridegroom Arrives An Hour Behind Schedule |newspaper=The Winnipeg Tribune |date=25 May 1940 |page=12 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winnipeg-tribune-wedding-guests-depa/173453232/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Eight days after the wedding, tragedy struck when Moyra's brother, Anthony, Viscount Thurles, died on pneumonia in a Nursing Home on the Isle of Wright; Moyra and Charles were reportedly at his bedside.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Viscount Thurles |newspaper=Leicester Evening Mail |date=9 May 1940 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Eight days after the wedding, tragedy struck when Moyra's brother, [[Anthony Butler, Viscount Thurles|James Anthony Butler, Viscount Thurles]], died suddenly in a Nursing Home on the Isle of Wright; Moyra and Charles were reportedly at his bedside.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Viscount Thurles |newspaper=Leicester Evening Mail |date=9 May 1940 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]On 5 June 1940 Lt Wed-Forester was reported as missing following the [[Siege of Calais (1940)|defence of Calais]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bride Told Calais Defender is Prisoner |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=19 July 1940 |page=1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-bride-told-calais-defen/173453444/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> On 19 July 1940 it was reported that he was wounded and captured by the advancing German Army. During her husband's time as a prisoner of war, Lady Moyra was reported to be the only female transport driver attached to the British Red Cross Prisoners of War Department in February 1942.<ref name="newspapers.com"/> Charles remained a Prisoner of War for the following five years; he was later released from [[Oflag IV-C|Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle)]] in April 1945 as American Troops approached the camp, and returned to England on 27 April 1945.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lieutenant Charles Robert Cecil Forester Returns Home |newspaper=The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette |date=28 April 1945 |page=5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tewkesbury-register-and-agricultura/129021491/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> Just over one year later on 23 April 1946 Lady Moyra gave birth to the couple's only child, [[Piers Weld-Forester]].[/td]
[td]On 5 June 1940 Lt Wed-Forester was reported as missing following the [[Siege of Calais (1940)|defence of Calais]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bride Told Calais Defender is Prisoner |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=19 July 1940 |page=1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-bride-told-calais-defen/173453444/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> On 19 July 1940 it was reported that he was wounded and captured by the advancing German Army. During her husband's time as a prisoner of war, Lady Moyra was reported to be the only female transport driver attached to the British Red Cross Prisoners of War Department in February 1942.<ref name="newspapers.com"/> Charles remained a Prisoner of War for the following five years; he was later released from [[Oflag IV-C|Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle)]] in April 1945 as American Troops approached the camp, and returned to England on 27 April 1945.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lieutenant Charles Robert Cecil Forester Returns Home |newspaper=The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette |date=28 April 1945 |page=5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tewkesbury-register-and-agricultura/129021491/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> Just over one year later on 23 April 1946 Lady Moyra gave birth to the couple's only child, [[Piers Weld-Forester]].[/td]
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[td]After several last-minute date changes due to Lt Weld-Forester's army postings, the couple were married at [[St George's, Hanover Square]] on 30 April 1940. Charles' mother Lady Victoria had previously served as a Lady-in-Waiting to [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], who sent a telegram of congratulations to him on the morning of the Wedding Day. It was reported that the [[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough|Duke and Duchess of Marlborough]], and [[Winston Churchill|Winston]] and [[Clementine Churchill]] were invited to the wedding.<ref>{{cite news |title=Society Wedding |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 April 1940 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Moyra wore the bridal veil of her famed ancestress [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] (a Churchill family heirloom; Moyra was a great-granddaughter of [[John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Wedding Guests Despair When Bridegroom Arrives An Hour Behind Schedule |newspaper=The Winnipeg Tribune |date=25 May 1940 |page=12 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winnipeg-tribune-wedding-guests-depa/173453232/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 04:48, 31 August 2025
[/td][td]After several last-minute date changes due to Lt Weld-Forester's army postings, the couple were married at [[St George's, Hanover Square]] on 30 April 1940. Charles' mother Lady Victoria had previously served as a Lady-in-Waiting to [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], who sent a telegram of congratulations to him on the morning of the Wedding Day. It was reported that the [[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough|Duke and Duchess of Marlborough]], and [[Winston Churchill|Winston]] and [[Clementine Churchill]] were invited to the wedding.<ref>{{cite news |title=Society Wedding |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 April 1940 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Moyra wore the bridal veil of her famed ancestress [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] (a Churchill family heirloom; Moyra was a great-granddaughter of [[John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Wedding Guests Despair When Bridegroom Arrives An Hour Behind Schedule |newspaper=The Winnipeg Tribune |date=25 May 1940 |page=12 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winnipeg-tribune-wedding-guests-depa/173453232/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Eight days after the wedding, tragedy struck when Moyra's brother, Anthony, Viscount Thurles, died on pneumonia in a Nursing Home on the Isle of Wright; Moyra and Charles were reportedly at his bedside.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Viscount Thurles |newspaper=Leicester Evening Mail |date=9 May 1940 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Eight days after the wedding, tragedy struck when Moyra's brother, [[Anthony Butler, Viscount Thurles|James Anthony Butler, Viscount Thurles]], died suddenly in a Nursing Home on the Isle of Wright; Moyra and Charles were reportedly at his bedside.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Viscount Thurles |newspaper=Leicester Evening Mail |date=9 May 1940 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]On 5 June 1940 Lt Wed-Forester was reported as missing following the [[Siege of Calais (1940)|defence of Calais]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bride Told Calais Defender is Prisoner |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=19 July 1940 |page=1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-bride-told-calais-defen/173453444/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> On 19 July 1940 it was reported that he was wounded and captured by the advancing German Army. During her husband's time as a prisoner of war, Lady Moyra was reported to be the only female transport driver attached to the British Red Cross Prisoners of War Department in February 1942.<ref name="newspapers.com"/> Charles remained a Prisoner of War for the following five years; he was later released from [[Oflag IV-C|Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle)]] in April 1945 as American Troops approached the camp, and returned to England on 27 April 1945.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lieutenant Charles Robert Cecil Forester Returns Home |newspaper=The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette |date=28 April 1945 |page=5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tewkesbury-register-and-agricultura/129021491/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> Just over one year later on 23 April 1946 Lady Moyra gave birth to the couple's only child, [[Piers Weld-Forester]].[/td]
[td]On 5 June 1940 Lt Wed-Forester was reported as missing following the [[Siege of Calais (1940)|defence of Calais]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bride Told Calais Defender is Prisoner |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=19 July 1940 |page=1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-bride-told-calais-defen/173453444/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> On 19 July 1940 it was reported that he was wounded and captured by the advancing German Army. During her husband's time as a prisoner of war, Lady Moyra was reported to be the only female transport driver attached to the British Red Cross Prisoners of War Department in February 1942.<ref name="newspapers.com"/> Charles remained a Prisoner of War for the following five years; he was later released from [[Oflag IV-C|Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle)]] in April 1945 as American Troops approached the camp, and returned to England on 27 April 1945.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lieutenant Charles Robert Cecil Forester Returns Home |newspaper=The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette |date=28 April 1945 |page=5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tewkesbury-register-and-agricultura/129021491/ |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> Just over one year later on 23 April 1946 Lady Moyra gave birth to the couple's only child, [[Piers Weld-Forester]].[/td]
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