Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Georgina 'Georgie' Mary Gray
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > G
| Name | Gray, Georgina 'Georgie' Mary |
| Date of birth | 4 June 1921 |
| Place at enrolment | Shefford, Bedfordshire |
| Joined WLA | 15 December 1941 |
| Left WLA | 30 November 1950 |
| WLA No. | 58933 |
| Trained | Luton Hoo |
| Employed | Employed at Luton Hoo and by Mr. Henry 'Harry' J. Cook, Harrowlene Farm, Felmersham. |
| Married name | Taylor |
| Further information | Aged 20 on entry. Seven days a week machine milking, "...as efficient and capable as any man....valuable and faithful services". Left on completion of contract. Post-war, attended one year full-time course at Moulton Institute of Agricultural, Northamptonshire studying stock rearing, dairy farming and farm secretarial work. Awarded British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Agriculture, January 1947 [Beds. Times 10 Jan. 1947, p.4] Subsequently joined Mr Taylor's nursery on the Isles of Scilly growing daffodils. |
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