War wedding

Wartime wedding, in Dovercourt in 1941, between Scottish man Lyall Inkster (1915-1955) and English lady Isabelle Bane (1917-1993).
Standing Row (left to right): George Inkster (1864-1947); best man Stan Nicholson; the bridegroom Lyall Inkster; Isabelles best friend, Marie Hill; and D'Auvergne Bane (1885-1951).
Seated Row: Helen Inkster (1871-1949); the bride Isabelle Bane; and Mary Ann Bane nee Seagrove (1880-1961).
Lyall and Isabelle met at a dance on a blind date arranged by their friends, Marie Hill and Stan Nicholson. They carried on ballroom dancing together, Lyall regularly driving Isabelle in his car to dance at the Blue Lagoon on the pier in Clacton.
Their fine romancing was broken by the outbreak of war. On the day war was declared they had arranged to go for a picnic with friends at Flatford, At Maries house they heard on the radio at 11 o'clock an announcement from the prime minister that spoke of war. They were stunned and at first didn't know what to do, but then decided they'd jolly well go for the picnic as if it was the last one they'd ever have. They had a lovely time with a bit of canoodling, and when they got back they were all summonsed to take their part in the war.
Despite it all they kept their romantic communication going with letters, and Isabelle who was working with First Aid went to meet Lyall in the summer of 1941 at Runnymede, near Windsor, where he was working with signals.
It was when Lyall was on leave that they had their wartime wedding, seen here in the photo. At the end of the war, by which time they had a little daughter, Joanna (b1942), they were able to be a family together.