Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Ruth Bennett
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > B
| Name | Bennett, Ruth |
| Date of birth | Born 1919 (?) |
| Place at enrolment | Bedford |
| Joined WLA | 15 April 1941 |
| Left WLA | 30 March 1944 |
| WLA No. | 41993 |
| Trained | [Not known] |
| Employed | Private farm in Willington (billeted in Great Barford) |
| Married name | Norman |
| Further information | Enrolled in Bedfordshire. Transferred to Northants then back to Bedfordshire 3 June 1942. Ruth joined the Land Army first, aged 22, before her sisters Hannah and Mary. Before that she worked at a hairdressers in Brentwood, London where she experienced the dangers of German bombing and the strafing (firing machine guns at civilians from the air). |
Ruth (right) with sisters Hannah and Mary (centre) Bennett 
Ruth Bennett  Ruth Bennett (left) with Nancy Karn on the haystack, at Willoughby Farm, Great Barford |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
Page last updated: 10th November 2015