 Following the completion of his studies , he moved to Lancashire to assist a project building the Royal Ordnance factory number 7 in Kirby , before returning to London to work in housing design for the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith . On 18 May 1941 , he married Doris Isabel Parker ( 1920 – 2003 ) , an old friend who worked as a clerk and who , like Hollamby , was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain ( CPGB ) . Their wedding took place at St Michael 's Church at Tokyngton , Middlesex , after which they moved to St. Peter 's Square , Hammersmith . They went on to have two daughters and a son . In August 1941 , during Britain 's involvement in World War II , Hollamby was called up to serve in the British armed forces . Assigned to the Royal Marine Engineers , he served most of the conflict in Trincomalee , Ceylon . 
