Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Mary Evelyn Clarke
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > C
| Name | Clarke, Mary Evelyn |
| Date of birth | 17 September 1923 |
| Place at enrolment | Luton, Bedfordshire |
| Joined WLA | 25 May 1943 |
| Left WLA | 18 September 1946 |
| WLA No. | 121953 |
| Trained | Luton Hoo? |
| Employed | Kendall's Church Farm, High Street, Eyeworth, Sandy |
| Married name | Deeble |
| Further information |
Former domestic servant at Luton Hoo mansion. Mary and
Margaret Perry, a fellow land girl, lodged with Mr and Mrs Frank Brim in a cottage in the High Street,
Eyeworth. She met Jesse Herbert Deeble, a farm worker, where he worked, fell in love and married him on 21 September 1946 after being demobilised. Mary and Margaret remained life-long friends. |
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Mary Clarke at work in the field at Church Farm, Eyeworth, Bedfordshire. 
Mary Clarke, age 20, as a newly recruited land girl. 
Mrs Mary Deeble nee Clarke, aged 80, in retirement.
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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