Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Frieda Emmeline Carter
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| Name | Carter, Frieda Emmeline |
| Date of birth | 12 March 1921 |
| Born | Duloe, Bedfordshire |
| Joined WLA | 18 June 1942 |
| Left WLA | 18 July 1946 |
| WLA No. | 83423 |
| Trained | On the job. |
| Employed | At farms in Duloe, Staple and Woodhouse. |
| Married name | Hawkins |
| Further information | Formerly employed in mens' tailoring producing khaki uniforms, aged 21. Enrolled in Huntingdonshire. Transferred to Bedfordshire 22 June 1942. Lived at home whilst a land girl. Work included clearing bush land, hoeing, carting, threshing and potato picking. Demobilised. |
Frieda Carter (second from right) working with Rene Marshall, Constance Hopkins and Phyllis Read, riddling potatoes at Bates' Brothers, Staploe, 1942. |
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Bates Brothers seed potato greenhouse, Staploe
1942 |
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(Left to Right) Constance 'Peg' Hopkins, Phyllis Read, Mrs Rene Marshall and Frieda Carter, 1942. |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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