Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Joyce Gelder
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > G
| Name | Gelder, Joyce |
| Date of birth | 15 August 1926 |
| Place at enrolment | Wakefield, Yorkshire |
| Joined WLA | 13 June 1944 |
| Left WLA | 29 October 1945 |
| WLA No. | 145831 |
| Trained | Toddington Park |
| Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Hulcote Moors hostel. Worked in farms in the Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Amptill and Cranfield areas. General field work, harvesting and threshing. |
| Married name | Colbeck |
| Further information | Former clerk, aged 17. Transferred to Bedfordshire 26 August 1944. Maid of honour to 1944 May Queen, Peggy Clark. |
Joyce Gelder on leave in Wakefield in 1944 |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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