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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Olive Rosina Smith

Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call> S
Name Smith, Olive Rosina
Date of birth 16 March 1930
Place at enrolment Lewes, Sussex
Joined WLA 25 September 1948
Left WLA 27 August 1949
WLA No. 198095
Trained [Not known]
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Sandy Hostel.
Married name Still
More information Former drapery assistant, aged 18. Transferred to Bedfordshire 18 October 1948. Left on marriage.
Doreen Heales and Olive Smith  in the grounds at Hasells Hall, Sandy

(l-r) Olive Smith and Doreen Heales in the grounds at Hasells Hall

Group of Land Girls after threshing at Tempsford

Group of Land Girls after threshing at Tempsford
Top Row l-r: Nora, Olive Smith and Violet
Bottom Row l-r: Bessie 'Tommy' Tompsett and Edith 'Tiny' Barlow

 


Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author

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