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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Helen Florence Wallis

Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > W
Name Wallis, Helen Florence
Date of birth 26 September 1922
Place at enrolment Pulham St. Mary, Norfolk
Joined WLA 30 March 1942
Left WLA 30 November 1950
WLA No. 69422
Trained [Not known]
Employed Employed privately at Godfrey's Farm, Clophill and Mr Simpson at Cotton End.
Married name Hughes
Further information One of three sisters who joined the WLA - Elsie Wallis and Freda Wallis were the others. All worked in market gardening. Joined aged 19 from Shortstown, Bedfordshire. Former fabric worker. Worked in Kent, April - June 1949. Stayed on the land after the WLA disbanded.

 


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