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Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Grace Lilian Cross

Name	Cross, Grace Lilian
Date of birth	23 January 1922
Place at enrolment	Luton, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA	8 June 1942
Left WLA	30 November 1950
WLA No.	82185
Trained	[Not known]
Employed	Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Milton Ernest and Cople House Hostels.
Married name	[Not known]
Further information	Former clerk, aged 20. Became forewoman at Cople Hostel. Passed a General Farm Work Proficiency Test. Chosen to represent Beds WLA at the national 1946 Victory Parade in London, 8 June 1946. ('Luton News', 23 May 1946 and 'The Land Girl' Magazine June 1946, No.3 Vol.7 p13). [More photos of Grace Cross can be found at www.ampthillimages.com]
(This photo is reproduced with kind permission of www.ampthillimages.com) Cople WLA Hostel concert party entertaining the troups at Kempston Barracks, 30 June 1947. [Source: L Freestone] Back row: (l to r) ?, Joan Wood, Doreen Parish, Jean Sands, Joy Collard, Kathleen Inker, Edna _____?, 'Betty' Wallis, Grace Cross Middle row: Mrs Truman [WLA Bedford HQ staff], ?, ?, Rose Perritt, Mona McKenna, Barbara Strike, ?, ? (with guitar), Dora ______?, ?, Olwen Dinsdale, Mrs. Sharman [WLA Bedford HQ staff] Front row: ?, Margaret Bandy, ?, (unknown man), ?, ?, ?, ?[WLA Bedford HQ staff?]

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