Caroline Simpson Collection

Major Lawrence Byrne and his wife Dora, nee Alexander, outside the side chapel at Brompton Oratory, London, after their marriage on 26 June 1944 / Portman Press Bureau

Portman Press Bureau

1944

1 photoprint : b.&w. ; 21 x 15.8 cm

Photographer's name stamped on verso: Portman Press Bureau / 31 Pavilion Road / Sloane Street / S.W.1.

wedding parties
Walford, Dora Olive Marguerite, 1895-1972.
Byrne, Frederick Lawrence, 1902-1998.
Walford, Leslie Nicholl, 1927-2012.

Leslie Walford papers: Family photographs

Lawrence Byrne was Dora Alexander's fourth husband. Her first husband was Leslie Walford who she married in 1917. He died in December 1928 and Dora next became Mrs Eric Sheller. Eric Sheller died in 1935 and Dora next married Ben Arthur Knowles Davies in 1938. He died suddenly 2 months after the marriage. At her marriage to Lawrence Byrne in 1944 Dora was given away by her son from her first marriage, Leslie Walford Jnr who can be seen in the background of the photograph.
Leslie recorded the details on the back of the photograph, noting that it was 'a heavy doodle bug day!' A photograph showing the wedding party, including Leslie and the best man Major Guy Bartlett, was published in The Australian Women's Weekly in September 1944.

Leslie Walford estate

Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; Walford/P/5

You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.

Picture

48016