England & Wales Commemorative Marriage Certificate – Form

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You are applying for a commemorative certificate for a marriage registered in England or Wales. It is a keepsake with no legal value: if you need proof of the marriage, order a marriage certificate instead. Registered elsewhere? See what we cover.

The General Register Office asks for applications to be placed at least 10 working days before the date the certificate is needed. The despatch date cannot be a Saturday, a Sunday or a bank holiday.

Which anniversary is the certificate for?(Required)

Silver, 25 years

Ruby, 40 years

Gold, 50 years

Diamond, 60 years

The General Register Office only issues commemorative certificates for these four anniversaries.

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Where was the marriage registered?(Required)

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

This service page is for marriages registered in England or Wales. If the marriage was registered elsewhere in the UK, go back and choose the right register.

Particulars of the couple on the certificate

Give each person's names as they were on the day of the wedding. For a bride this is usually her surname before she married, not her married name.

To locate the entry, the register office needs at least one forename and the surname of the same party. The date and place of the marriage are required, and the parents' names help confirm the match.

Party 1 forenames(Required)

Party 1 surname on the day of the wedding(Required)

Party 2 forenames

Party 2 surname on the day of the wedding

Date of marriage(Required)

Day

Month

Year

Place of marriage(Required)

Despatch date you need it sent by(Required)

Day

Month

Year

The General Register Office posts the certificate first class on the date you choose, so allow time for delivery on top. It cannot be a Saturday, a Sunday or a bank holiday, and we need at least 10 working days from today to get the application in.

Parents' details (optional)

Optional, and only used to help locate the entry. For marriages before 4 May 2021 the register recorded only the father, so please give the father's details. From 4 May 2021 you can give one parent for each party. If you are not sure, leave these fields blank. Give Party 1's parent on the first line and Party 2's on the second.

Party 1's father (or parent): forenames

Party 1's father (or parent): surname

Party 2's father (or parent): forenames

Party 2's father (or parent): surname

Year the marriage was registered(Required)

The year the marriage was registered. If unsure, we search the year you give plus one year either side.

Do you have the GRO index reference?(Required)

Yes, I have the GRO index reference

No, please find it for me

Reference information from GRO Index

Quarter(Required)

The quarter of the year shown in the GRO index.

District name(Required)

Volume number(Required)

Page number(Required)

Your details

Title

Forenames(Required)

Surname(Required)

Email address(Required)

Enter Email Confirm Email

Telephone(Required)

UK numbers as you normally write them. If you are outside the UK, include the country code, for example +44 7700 900123.

Your address

Address line 1(Required)

Address line 2

Town(Required)

County / State

Postcode(Required)

Country(Required)

Send the certificate to a different address?(Required)

Yes

For example, to your workplace, or to a solicitor handling the matter. Leave as No and we will send it to the address above.

Delivery address

Address line 1(Required)

Address line 2

Town(Required)

County / State

Postcode(Required)

Country(Required)

Official fee (passed on at cost)

Application processing service

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Official fee (passed on at cost)

Application processing service

Summary of your order

Service	England & Wales Commemorative Marriage Certificate Service
Certificate applied for	Commemorative certificate for a wedding anniversary (a keepsake, no legal value)
Issued and posted by	The General Register Office
Processing time	Posted on the despatch date you choose, plus Royal Mail delivery
Total	£90.00

ⓘ This total includes online application management, information preparation and full assistance throughout the process, plus the official General Register Office fee, which we pay on your behalf, and postage. A full breakdown is set out in our Terms and Conditions. Once your application has been submitted, no further action is required from you, unless the register office asks for more information, in which case we contact you and handle the reply. The General Register Office will then process the application and post the certificate to the address you have given us. The certificate is produced by the General Register Office and posted first class on the despatch date you choose. Those arrangements are set by the register office and not by us.

Authorisation and agreement(Required)

I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. I authorise this service to prepare and submit my application to the relevant register office on my behalf. I confirm the information I have provided is true and complete, and I understand that UK marriage and civil partnership records are public records that anyone may apply for.(Required)

Start work now (Consumer Contracts 2013)(Required)

I ask Apply-Assist to begin work on my application straight away. I understand that I will lose my 14-day right to cancel once the service has been fully performed, and that the official register fee cannot be recovered once my application has been submitted to the register office.(Required)

Application processing service

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