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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Elizabeth 'Beth' Jane Gray

Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > G
Name Gray, Elizabeth 'Beth' Jane
Date of birth 2nd March 1918
Place at enrolment Spennymoor, Northumbria
Joined WLA 19 June 1943
Left WLA 30 March 1944
WLA No. 126427
Trained [On the job?]
Employed Bedfordshire War Ag at The Hollies Hostel, Potton.
Married name Jackson
Further information Lived at 191 Runley Road, Luton when she joined the WLA, aged 25. Former shop assistant, at Marks & Spencer's store.
Married Frederick William Jackson on 12 July 1947. They met when they both worked at a Co-op store, post-war.
[Died in Stevenage, 30 March 2001]
Portrait of Elizabeth 'Beth' Jane Gray'Beth' Gray in summer of 1943 when she joined the Land Army.

 


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