Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Peggy Iris Davis
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > D
Name | Davis, Peggy Iris |
Date of birth | 30 January 1926 |
Born | Luton, Bedfordshire |
Joined WLA | 28 July 1943 |
Left WLA | 31 August 1945 |
WLA No. | 132638 |
Trained | On the job. |
Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Milton Ernest hostel. Also employed by private farmer at Manor Farm, Thurleigh doing general farmwork. |
Married name | Albertson |
Further information | Former tailoring assistant, aged 17. Left on marriage to an American GI, Joe Albertson. |
'Joe' and Peggy Albertson (nee Davis) (left to right) Ann Haynes nee Brodrick, Kathleen Cox nee
Hopkins, Dawn Filby nee Skeggs, Mary Smith nee Pakes (cutting cake)
Trixie Schreiner nee Saunders, Irene Saunders nee Cook, Peggy
Albertson nee Davis, Hilda Hicks nee Bright Peggy in 2016, in front of the IWM Duxford 'American Air Museum' display showing her GI bride wedding dress. |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
Page last updated: 27th July 2016