Weddings and Funerals

The Windsor & Richmond Gazette carried a curious article on Saturday 10 February 1900, about a Salvation Army wedding: A great commotion took place at the Salvation Army barracks on Saturday night. It got abroad that a wedding was to take place, and as the principals in the ceremony were both well-known and respected in the district, a large crowd assembled to do them honour, and indulge in a little harmless banter… Much to the young couple’s surprise, a large crowd of people assembled inside of the barracks to witness the ceremony while something like 150 persons waited outside, who gave the newly married pair a lively time!

The Salvation Army hall in Windsor hasn’t always been the scene of such celebration, though. On 21 March 1917, The War Cry ran a report about a Windsor Salvationist, S.N. Kingham, who was killed on the World War One battlefield in France. Our late comrade was a Bandsman of this Corps, the report reads, a good Salvationist, and work conscientiously for the kingdom of God in this district.