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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Edith 'Hilda' Nicholson

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Name Nicholson, Edith 'Hilda'
Date of birth 12 August 1921
Place at enrolment Stanley, County Durham
Joined WLA 12 January 1940
Left WLA 29 September 1944
WLA No. 29133
Trained Ravensden
Employed War Ag. at Chimney Corner Hostel, including work at Whipsnade Zoo
Married name Bainbridge
Further information Started the war making clothes for the army. Aged 18 on entry to the WLA. Based at Eaglecliff, County Durham. Transferred to Bedfordshire on 31 August 1943. Returned to County Durham 1 June 1944. Left on medical grounds.
Photo of Edith 'Hilda' Nicholson c1940

Photo of Edith 'Hilda' Nicholson c1940

Edith 'Hilda' Nicholson reading Stuart Antrobus's book on the WW2 land girls in Bedfordshire on her 98th birthday. Photo by Helen Archer, her niece

Photo of Edith 'Hilda' Nicholson reading Stuart Antrobus's book on the WW2 land girls in Bedfordshire on her 98th birthday. Photo by Helen Archer, her niece

 


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