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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Dorothy Frances Crowsley

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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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