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War Time Weddings (1915) | BFI National Archive

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Channel: BFI · 2015 · Film & Animation

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War Time Weddings (1915) | BFI National Archive
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Captain Geoffrey Cory-Wright married Felicity Tree, daughter of legendary theatrical actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, on 10 November 1915. The celebrity status of his father-in-law fuelled public interest in this particular war wedding. Two of their five children, Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright and Lieutenant Jonathan Francis Cory-Wright, were killed in action during World War II.

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