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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Ethel M. Richer

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Name Richer, Ethel M.
Date of birth 1 February 1928
Born Holloway, London
Joined WLA 23 July 1949
Left WLA 15 September 1950
WLA No. 201541
Trained On the job.
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Clifton, then Leighton Buzzard, then Silsoe hostels.
Married name Colyer
Further information Former dressmaker, aged 21 on entry. Transferred to Bedfordshire 15 August 1949. Left on completion of contract. Married Doug Colyer in 1950. Died in 2016.
Ethel Richer (now Ethel Colyer)
Ethel Colyer by the former Silsoe WLA hostel

Ethel Colyer (nee Richer) by the former Silsoe WLA hostel

Memorial tree plaque for Ethel Colyer (Nee Richer) at the site of the former Silsoe WLA hostel

A commemorative tree was planted in 2016 in the orchard at 1 The Beeches, Silsoe,
where the former WLA Silsoe Hostel was in Wrest Park Lodge (demolished in May 1998).

 


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