Page 4 - War Brides

A last chance to explore a slowly fading story

The British war bride Jean and her Canadian veteran
husband George died five hours apart at September 18 - a
month after celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary,
2017.
Courtesy of BBC News (World),

George and Jean Spear met at a dance hall near London
in 1941, while he was stationed in England during the
Second World War. With the introduction she said,
looking down at his army boots, “'I don't know whether
we can or not with those clodhoppers you're wearing”.
Their marriage, in August 1942, proves they could.
After the war they lived in Canada. There she founded
the first club for war brides. In 2011 the couple met the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their royal
tour. George showed Kate his sergeant’s cap that held a
photo of Jean before they were married. When the
Duchess asked if he always kept the picture, he
answered: “All through the war and ever since.”