Mr Manley is descended from one of 64 couples married at the Garrison Church in Colchester, Essex, one autumn day in 1856. His grandfather Johann Uhrmacher was one of 150 German mercenaries who ...

A centenarian provided “a living link” to a little known event in Colchester’s military and social history. George Manley, 106, is the great-grandson of one of 64 couples who were married on ...

My mother and father married at the local church in Colchester on a very hot day in August 1940. My mum went into town on the morning of the wedding to take the wedding cake to the restaurant ...

The Main Street church where Tuesday’s observance was conducted has been a mainstay since 1949, when the Colchester Borough Baptist and First Congregational churches merged. It’s affiliated with the ...

Mr Manley is descended from one of 64 couples married at the Garrison Church in Colchester, Essex, one autumn day in 1856. His grandfather Johann Uhrmacher was one of 150 German mercenaries who ...