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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Eileen Mary Sweet

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Name Sweet, Eileen Mary
Date of birth 31 August 1924
Place at birth Sandy, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA 17 April 1943
Left WLA 29 October 1945
WLA No. 116005
Trained [Not known]
Employed [Not known]
Married name Bowman
Further information Former fashion apprentice, aged 18.  Known as 'Mary'.  Loved working with pigs.  Left on compassionate grounds.
Married Donald Bowman and lived in Orpington, Kent, from September 1950.
Eileen Mary Sweet

 


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