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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Joyce 'Jean' Evelyn Bond

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Name Bond, Joyce 'Jean' Evelyn
Date of birth 25 April 1927
Place at enrolment Shefford, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA 1 August 1944
Left WLA 19 September 1949
WLA No. 148316
Trained Ravensden
Employed Private: (1) Mr Palmer, Holwell Bury Fruit Farm; (2) W J Kendall, Millow Farm Dunton.
Married name Wright
Further information Former machinist, aged 17. Lodged with Mrs Spicer. Served with four other land girls. Had a break in service between February and the autumn of 1947. Left on completion of contract.
Her mother Florence also served in the Bedfordshire WLA, towards the end of the First World War.

 


Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author

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