Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Sylvia 'Flash' Mary Burns
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > B
| Name | Burns, Sylvia 'Flash' Mary |
| Date of birth | 27th September 1929 |
| Place at enrolment | Keighley, Yorkshire |
| Joined WLA | 18 July 1947 |
| Left WLA | 18 June 1948 |
| WLA No. | 185105 |
| Trained | Ravensden |
| Employed | Employed by War. Ag. at "Chimney Corner". |
| Married name | [Not known] |
| Further information | Former shop assistant window dresser, then textile spinner, aged 17. Transferred to Bedfordshire 19 September 1947. Involved in a collision between Land Army truck containing Land Girls with a truckload of Italian POWs travelling in the opposite direction. Suffered fractured ribs and concussion and was granted early release from the WLA. |
Sylvia burns working in the Cox's Orange Pippin Orchards at Cockayne Hatley in the 1940s 
Sylvia Burns in 2008 |
|
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
Page last updated: 28th April 2014