2nd Ltnt Ruari Smith-Cooper from Madresfield, married his university sweetheart Lauren Birch, on Saturday 8th August at St Peter's Church, Hall Green, Birmingham. The couple met at Leicester University in 2011 where they were both studying English Literature - as the brides Father said "who knew that Renaissance poetry could have such a pull in 2015"
Many of you will know ex Kings Worcester pupil Ruari from his Help for Heroes fundraising in the local area. On graduating from Sandhurst in 2014 Ruari joined the Royal Engineers.
Based on information supplied by Stephanie Smith-Cooper.
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