General Information First Name(s): Doris Unmarried Surname: Moore Married Surname: Bradley Date of Birth: 1.5.1924 Place of Birth: Faversham, Kent Date Joined WLA: 4.5.1942 Date Left WLA: 1.1.1946 WLA number: 75760 Previous occupation: Printer Reasons for joining:...
In 1942, Elsie Beckett lived on Lindisfarne Road, Dagenham, Essex and worked in Barton’s bakery. In the same year, the 19-year old joined the Women’s Land Army. Swapping Bartons Bakery for the Braintree War...
General Information First Name(s): Olive Unmarried Surname: Heath Married Surname: French Date of Birth: 2.7.1929 Place of Birth: Lewes, East Sussex Date Joined WLA: 20.7.1946 Date Left WLA: 30.11.1950 WLA Number: 174200 Previous occupation: Nursemaid Reasons for...
“My mother said that I wouldn’t last long in the Land Army but she was wrong, I loved it.” Read about Edith’s Land Girl days in Lincolnshire & Bedfordshire.
General Information First Name(s): Joycelyn Betty Unmarried Surname: Mumford Married Surname: Theobald Date of Birth: 22/6/1926 Place of Birth: West Ham, Canning Town Date Joined WLA: 16/8/1943 Date Left WLA: 17/01/1948 WLA Number: 135722 Previous occupation: Shop Assistant Reasons for joining: Not...
Mary Linda Ashbolt (née Haynes) was an active member of the Essex Women’s Land Army during the Second World War. Aged 18, Mary joined the WLA in 1943 and worked on a fruit farm...
General Information First Name(s): Jean Leslie Unmarried Surname: Bannister Married Surname: Birtles Date of Birth: 18th July 1920 Place of Birth: Hornchurch, Essex Date Joined WLA: 1940 Date Left WLA: 1943 Employment Pre-Work Training: I was interviewed...
In the course of my work, I read many farming magazines. How different is the farming scene from that I faced in 1939 when I joined the newly-formed Women’s Land Army. The recruiting office...
General Information First Name(s): Jessie Rose Unmarried Surname: McLaren Married Surname: Woolhead Date of Birth: 9/12/1929 Place of Birth: London Date Joined WLA: 12/5/1947 Date Left WLA: 1/9/1949 Employment Worked for County War Agricultural Committee, from May...
General Information First Name(s): Emma Unmarried Surname: Chapman Married Surname: Hayfield Date of Birth: 1/11/1920 Place of Birth: Long Marston, Tring, Hertfordshire Date Joined WLA: 15 August 1941 [?] Date left: 25 March 1946 Employment Worked for Horace Patterson, The...