Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Patricia 'Paddy' Benney
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > B
Name | Benney, Patricia "Paddy" |
Date of birth | 24 April 1929 |
Place at enrolment | Isle of Wight |
Joined WLA | 28 May 1946 |
Left WLA | 19 July 1947 |
WLA No. | 169519 |
Trained | Ravensden |
Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Kensworth hostel. |
Married name | Bailey |
Further information | Former factory hand, aged 17. Enrolled in Chiswick, London. Transferred to Bedfordshire 19 July 1946. |
(l-r) Kay Barnes, Jack (Whipsnade Zoo worker) and Patricia 'Paddy' Benney (l-r) Kay Barnes and Patricia 'Paddy' Benney Kensworth land girls drinking shandy (l-r) Gladys Barter ('Bart'), Joan Berry, Johnny Meakins (Threshing man) and Patricia 'Paddy' Benney |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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