Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Edna Rhodes
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| Name | Rhodes, Edna |
| Date of birth | 1 April 1924 |
| Place at enrolment | Leeds, Yorkshire |
| Joined WLA | 18 September 1945 |
| Left WLA | 20 April 1949 |
| WLA No. | 160587 |
| Trained | Ravensden |
| Employed | War Ag. at Sharnbrook Hostel |
| Married name | Higgs |
| Further information | Former dressmaker, aged 21. Transferred to Bedfordshire 13
October 1945. Demobilised. She met Allan Charles Higgs, a Pavenham man, at the 'Cat and Custard Pot' pub in Shelton, playing darts. They married at Hunslet Parish Church near Leeds on 16 July 1949 and lived in Pavenham. |
Sharnbook Hostel Land Girls. Enda Rhodes is on the front row, sitting, wearing a striped scarf. |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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