Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Calma Olive Myrtle Beeson
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > B
| Name | Beeson, Calma Olive Myrtle |
| Date of birth | 26 March 1923 |
| Place at enrolment | Sandy, Bedfordshire |
| Joined WLA | 4 May 1942 |
| Left WLA | 28 September 1945 |
| WLA No. | 75390 |
| Trained | [not known] |
| Employed | Sandy |
| Married name | Barratt |
| Further information | Myrtle was a former show room assistant. Aged 19 on entry. Worked with Rhona Glenn. |
(left to right) Stanley 'Jummy' Spring, 'Margot' Everett, Rona Glenn and Myrtle Beeson and changing the soil in the glasshouse belonging to Edward 'Ted' Gill at Sandy. 
'Margot' Everett is astride Boxer (right). Outside the cucumber houses of 'Ted' Gill at St. Neots Road, Sandy. Rona Glenn is on Prince (on the left). Myrtle Beeson holds the reins. |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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