Raymond was serving with the Royal Engineers and married his sweetheart wearing his army uniform, Mabel was working as an invoice clerk.
Mabel was the only daughter of Mark and Jane Wood of 4 Entwisle Street, Milnrow.
Raymond was the only son of Tom and Phyllis Ibbotson of 72 Market Street, Shaw.
The bride was given away by her father, the officiating minister was Reverend W.E. Sellers.
After the ceremony the wedding party went and had a wedding breakfast at Duckworths restaurant and afterwards a trip to higher Hodder by motor charabanc.
The couple were apparently well known in the Milnrow district, Raymond had worked in the drawing office at Messrs. Holroyds and then at the time of his enlistment he was working for a Manchester firm - Churchills.
Staff and ex colleagues of Raymonds at Holroyds gave the couple a wedding gift of a canteen of cutlery.
The happy couple honeymooned in Bispham.
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| Marriage Register Entry For Raymond Ibbotson & Mabel Wood |
Raymonds survived the war, he did have a number of minor mis-deamours on his military conduct sheet, he was absent without leave a couple of times for which he received a couple of days CB (confined to barracks), and was caught breaking into the cookhouse during the night in July 1917.......
Mabel passed away in Fleetwood in 1980, Raymond passed away in Blackpool 8 years later.
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