Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Mary Bennett
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > B
| Name | Bennett, Mary |
| Date of birth | 6 January 1922 |
| Place at enrolment | Fulham, London |
| Joined WLA | 30 March 1942 |
| Left WLA | 17 May 1947 |
| WLA No. | 69419 |
| Trained | On the job |
| Employed | Employed by private farmers: Harold Brown, Great Barford; Moorings, Kempston. |
| Married name | Spilling |
| Further information | Former shop assistant, aged 20. Enrolled in Bedfordshire. Pedigree and shorthorn milking cows and general farming. Sisters, Ruth and Hannah also in the Bedfordshire WLA. Before joining the WLA Mary was a cashier at Lipton's shop, Bedford. |
Mary Bennett and another Land Girl (?) lead prize milking cow from Harold Brown's farm at Great Barford in fund-raising parade in Bedford 
Mary Bennett on a tractor 
Mary (centre) with sisters Hannah and Ruth Bennett 
Mary in 2002 |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
Page last updated: 10th April 2014