Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Dorothy Frances Crowsley
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > C
Name | Crowsley, Dorothy Frances |
Date of birth | 28 November 1922 |
Born | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Joined WLA | 11 May 1942 |
Left WLA | 30 May 1945 |
WLA No. | 77089 |
Trained | On the job |
Employed | Employed by private farmers: Mr Ive's market garden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire and in poultry battery farming in Lower Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire. |
Married name | Yates |
Further information | Former wages clerk/comptometer operator, aged 19. Poultry battery farming; market gardening using greenhouses. Worked with friend Grace Sanderson. Sister, Gladys Joan Crowsley, also joined the WLA. Left on medical grounds. |
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