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Christopher Tolkien: Edith Tolkien
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On the evening of his twenty-first birthday, Tolkien wrote to Edith a declaration of his love and asked her to marry him. She replied saying that she was already engaged but had done so because she had believed Tolkien had forgotten her. The two met up and beneath a railway viaduct renewed their love; Edith returned her ring and chose to marry Tolkien instead. Following their engagement Edith converted to Catholicism at Tolkien's insistence. They were engaged in Birmingham, in January 1913, and married in Warwick, England, on 22 March 1916.
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Tolkien marries Edith. June, Tolkien is sent to France; Battle of the Somme. November, Tolkien returns to England suffering from trench fever. But his two dear friends, Rob Gilson and Geoffrey B. Smith, from the reading club T.C.B.S.(Tea Club and Barrovian Society) are killed in action. On July 15, 1916, Smith wrote to Tolkien of Gilson's death:
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Fan attention became so intense that Tolkien had to take his phone number out of the public directory, and eventually he and Edith moved to Bournemouth on the south coast. Tolkien was awarded the CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 28 March 1972. His medal was stolen from his room later that night. The medal was returned much later[ citationneeded], but the thief was never identified.
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Fan attention became so intense that Tolkien had to take his phone number out of the public directory, and eventually he and Edith moved to Bournemouth at the south coast. Tolkien was awarded a CBE ("Commander of the British Empire") by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on March 28, 1972.
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