General Information First Name(s): Vera Dorothy Unmarried Surname: Tracey Date of Birth: 5/3/1917 Date Joined WLA: Sometime before June 1940. WLA Number: 135722 Previous occupation: Hospital ward orderly or similar Reasons for leaving: Disbandment Employment Diary work...
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...
Source: Catherine Procter
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...
March’s post focuses on the WLA in Essex, which employed over 4,000 Land Girls. If you were a Land Girl who worked in Essex, or know one who was, then drop me an e-mail....
General Information First Name(s): Annie Charlotte Catherine Unmarried Surname: Sawyer Married Surname: Glover Date of Birth: 9th March 1928 Place of Birth: 62 Tucker Street, Canning Town, London Date Joined WLA: 17th July 1946 Date...
General Information First Name(s): Joyce Lillian Unmarried Surname: Newton Married Surname: Corras Date of Birth: 11/2/1926 Date of Death: 3/1/2020 Place of Birth: London Date Joined WLA: 1943 Date Left WLA: 1945 Employment Joyce worked...
From left to right, top to bottom: Land Girls entertaining the troops at Thundersley Hostel, Essex. Source: Lorna Cosgrove A get together after a day’s training. Versatile Iris Joyce types, farms and also plays....