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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Helena May Jessop

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Name Jessop, Helena May
Date of birth 27 October 1928
Place at enrolment London
Joined WLA 8 April 1947
Left WLA 16 July 1948
WLA No. 180476
Trained [Not known]
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Clifton hostel.
Married name Wells
Further information Former shop assistant, aged 18. Transferred to Bedfordshire 26 April 1947. Left on completion of contract. Married RAF man from Henlow Camp.
The wedding of Helena Jessop, 1948

The wedding of Clifton land Girl Helena Jessop to RAF serviceman Leslie Wells from RAF Henlow in 1948.
Other wedding guests are the Clifton warden Mrs Irskine (wearing hat in the front row) and bridesmaid Jacqueline Hamilton (3rd from right on the front row).

 


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