General Information
Elsie’s caption for the photo: “Woman’s (sic) Land Army 1917. Rally, at Birmingham, going to see the Whip. Me!!! 5th Land Girl on the left.”
First Name(s): Elsie
Unmarried Surname: Hurst
Married Surname: Preston – married 1921
Date of Birth: June 1900
Place of Birth: Quetta, India (now Pakistan)
Life After War
Life after war: My gran married a farm owner and they lived up in the Lake District. They lost everything in 1924 with the foot and mouth epidemic.
Contributor Details
Name: Diane Marie Ginns
Relationship to Land Girl: Granddaughter
Elsie the third Land Girl in from the right at the Birmingham and Warwickshire Rally.
Source: The Landswoman March 1918, p41