Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Elsie May Elson
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > E
Name | Elson, Elsie May |
Date of birth | 19 November 1917 |
Place at enrolment | Eltham, London |
Joined WLA | 3 March 1948 |
Left WLA | 20 April 1949 |
WLA No. | 192284 |
Trained | Ravensden |
Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Bolnhurst hostel, then Leagrave Hall and Milton Ernest Hostel later. |
Married name | Phipps |
Further information | Former housekeeper, aged 30. Joined WLA after brief period in the WAAF. Transferred to Bedfordshire 19 March 1949. Demobilised. |
Bolnhurst Hostel Girls sat on bales. Elsie Elson in uniform |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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