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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Jean Bates

Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > B
Name Bates, Jean
Date of birth 2 May 1924
Place at enrolment Manchester, Lancashire
Joined WLA 28 April 1948
Left WLA 30 November 1950
WLA No. 194128
Trained [Not known]
Employed Privately by Mr. F. Abbott, Manor farm, Wymington.
Married name [Not known]
Further information Former valve assembler, aged 23. Transferred to Bedfordshire 12 May 1948. Appears in Beds Times 27 October 1950 p.6. Attended Buckingham Palace parade in October 1950.

 


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