Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Irene Florence May Cook
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| Name | Cook, Irene Florence May |
| Date of birth | 10 May 1926 |
| Born | Dunstable, Bedfordshire |
| Joined WLA | 7 April 1944 |
| Left WLA | 19 October 1946 |
| WLA No. | 142624 |
| Trained | Northamptonshire Institute of Agriculture, Moulton |
| Employed | Employed by private farmers - Mrs Lucas, Manor Farm Shillington and Measure's Farm, Thurleigh but was billeted at Milton Ernest hostel. |
| Married | Saunders |
| Further information | Former plastic assembler, aged 17. Suffered from ringworm from working with cows, and had to be treated in a London hospital. Took part in the 14 February 1946 parade in Bedford before Princess Elizabeth. Left on medical grounds. |
 (left to right) Ann Haynes nee Brodrick,
Kathleen Cox nee Hopkins, Dawn Filby nee Skeggs,
Mary Smith nee Pakes (cutting cake)
Trixie
Schreiner nee Saunders, Irene Saunders nee Cook, Peggy Albertson nee Davis,
Hilda Hicks nee Bright |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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