Marriage Information:

Roy married Hyacinth Kathleen Mithen, daughter of Norman Patrick Mithen and Alice Matilda, on 21 Dec 1940 in All Saints' Church, Maidstone, Kent, England. (Hyacinth Kathleeen Mithen was born on 12 Dec 1916 in Madras, India, christened there on 24 Dec 1916, and died on 16 Nov 1993 in St. Pauls Hospital, St. Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

CONSTRUCTOR LIEUT. R. ANSCOMB (Maidstone) — MISS H. K. MITHEN (Maidstone)

The wedding took place at All Saints, Maidstone, on Saturday of Constructor Lieut. Roy Anscomb, R.N., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Anscomb, Faraday House, Faraday Road, Maidstone, and Miss Hyacinth Kathleen Mithen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Mithen, Woodgrange, Loose Road, Maidstone. The service, which was fully choral, was conducted by the Rev. A. O. Standen. The bride looked charming in a gown of white satin brocade with a train and long veil, with wreath of orange blossoms, and she carried a sheaf of arum lilies. The gold cross and chain which she wore were the gifts of the bridegroom. She was attended by Miss Joyce Anscomb, the bridegroom's sister, the Misses Jean and Joyce Tadman, Doreen Huges and Brenda Webb, who were attired in dresses of cyclamen poult and carried cyclamen muffs with knots of mauve anemones and wore wreaths of anemones. The bride was given away by her father, and the best man was Mr. John Anscomb. After the ceremony a reception was held at the New Inn. The honeymoon is being spent in Cornwall, the bride travelling in a Wedgwood blue dress with Burgundy hat, with fur coat, a gift of the bridegroom.

The Kentish Express, 27 Dec 1940, p. 3