Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Constance Evelyn 'Peg' Hopkins
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Name | Hopkins, Constance Evelyn 'Peg' |
Date of birth | 19 October 1916 |
Born | London |
Joined WLA | 3 January 1942 |
Left WLA | 30 November 1950 |
WLA No. | 60588 |
Trained | [Not known] |
Employed | By private farmers, Mr. C.E. James, Ashfield Farm, Keysoe and Bates' brothers, Staploe. |
Married name | O'Dell |
Further information | Former housekeeper, aged 25. Transferred to Bedfordshire 12 February 1942. Stayed on land when WLA disbanded. Took part in the WLA final parade at Buckingham Palace in October 1950 representing Bedfordshire. |
(Left to Right) Constance 'Peg' Hopkins, Phyllis Read, Mrs Rene Marshall and Freda Carter, 1942. Bates Brothers seed potato greenhouse, Staploe 1942 |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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