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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Jean Smith

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Name Smith, Jean
Date of birth 29 July 1925
Place at enrolment Leeds, Yorkshire
Joined WLA 1 June 1944
Left WLA 24 August 1946
WLA No. 145158
Trained [Not known]
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Cople House Hostel.
Married name [Not known]
Further information Former tailoring assistant, aged 18. Transferred to Bedfordshire 8 July 1944 then back to West Yorkshire October 1945. Demobilised.
VE Day Celebrations, St Paul's Square, Bedford

VE Day Celebrations, St Paul's Square, Bedford
Left to Right: Grace Harling, Margaret Warboys, Jean Smith, Barbara Twigg, Joan Le Boutilier, Grace Bramall (holding flag)

 


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