Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Ethel M. Richer
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| Name | Richer, Ethel M. |
| Date of birth | 1 February 1928 |
| Born | Holloway, London |
| Joined WLA | 23 July 1949 |
| Left WLA | 15 September 1950 |
| WLA No. | 201541 |
| Trained | On the job. |
| Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Clifton, then Leighton Buzzard, then Silsoe hostels. |
| Married name | Colyer |
| Further information | Former dressmaker, aged 21 on entry. Transferred to Bedfordshire 15 August 1949. Left on completion of contract. Married Doug Colyer in 1950. Died in 2016. |
 
Ethel Colyer (nee Richer) by the former Silsoe WLA hostel 
A commemorative tree was planted in 2016 in the orchard at 1 The Beeches, Silsoe, |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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