Roll Call of
Bedfordshire Land Girls
Betty Hurst
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > H
Name | Hurst, Betty |
Date of birth | 17 July 1923 |
Born | Peterborough, Huntingdonshire |
Joined WLA | 28 July 1943 |
Left WLA | 29 July 1944 |
WLA No. | 132640 |
Trained | On the job. |
Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Hulcote Moors Hostel. |
Married name | Fitton |
Further Information | Former worker at ROF factory, Elstow, aged 20. Living in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire on enrolment. Worked with
head office staff then transferred to the land 16 November 1943. Left to
get married. See Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives interview no.44 |
Studio portrait of Betty Hurst Hulcote Moors hostel group with the Warden, Mrs Whatling, 1943 |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
Page last updated: 3rd November 2014