Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Stella Beatrice Shelton
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Name | Shelton, Stella Beatrice |
Date of birth | 14 October 1922 |
Born | Clapham, Bedfordshire |
Joined WLA | 27 February 1942 |
Left WLA | 29 December 1945 |
WLA No. | 66026 |
Trained | One month on the job. |
Employed | Employed by private farmers: East Hyde (nr. Luton) and Tinsley's Church Farm, Clapham, Bedford. |
Married name | Forster |
Further information | Former assistant cashier/bookkeeper, aged 19. Lived at home in Clapham. Demobilised. General farm work including work with horses. Other land girls at Tinsley's Farms were Ann Fox at Church Farm, and Rose Richards, Ann Bridge and Barbara Probert at Park farm. |
Stella Shelton with Sailor the horse, having just cleared a field full of kale at Mr Tinsley's Church Farm, Clapham Stella in 2002 |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
Page last updated: 15th October 2014