Carole and Tommy's Wedding On January 5, 1943 Carole married Captain Thomas Wallace in London, England. He was a twenty-five year old pilot in the US Air Force. This was Carole's third marriage but unfortunately it would last less than two years. Take a look inside their wedding album -
Carole told reporters she was nervous as she got ready for the wedding at the Savoy hotel. She wore a cream colored satin dress, a strand of pearls, and orange blossoms in her hair.				The wedding was almost canceled when Carole suffered an appendicitis attack in December 1942. She recovered in time for the ceremony and the doctor who removed her appendix gave her away.
The ceremony took place at 2:00 PM at the Church of Our Lady Of Assumption on Warrick Street. Tommy was a Presbyterian but he agreed to have a Catholic ceremony.				He could not get an engagement ring so he gave Carole his signet ring. When photographers asked him to kiss his new bride he said "I'll do that anytime. I am probably the luckiest man in the world".
Carole met him on November 13, 1942 when she was entertaining soldiers in England. He proposed on their first date but Carole waited several weeks before agreeing to marry him.				Carole had wanted to get married on January 1, her birthday, but it was against British law. Kay Francis tried to convince her not to go through with the wedding.
Mitzi Mayfair, the maid of honor, collected ration coupons so Carole could get a dress and shoes. The wedding was recreated in their 1944 film Four Jills In A Jeep.				They could not got on a honeymoon because three days after the wedding Carole went to North Africa to perform for the troops. She wrote to her new husband every day they were apart.
He was stationed overseas during most of their marriage so they spent very little time together. Carole carried his lighter with her and kept six photos of him in her bedroom.				The couple finally took a honeymoon trip to New York City in September 1943. Sadly they announced their separation in October 1944 and were divorced the following year.
Carole said of their marriage "No woman ever loved a man more than I loved Tommy Wallace. And Tommy loved me, too. All my life, above all the rest, I want to remember that. I want to remember how Tommy and I sat in little English pubs just staring at each other, how hours seemed minutes - time goes so fast when you're happy - how we walked across winter fields and had tea at a little inn beside a river. I was lucky to have such a romantic adventure."