Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Rubi Grace Coombs
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > C
Name | Coombs, Rubi Grace |
Date of birth | 2 December 1924 |
Born | Greenwich, London |
Joined WLA | 22 June 1942 |
Left WLA | 29 October 1945 |
WLA No. | 85064 |
Trained | On the job |
Employed | Employed by Sussex War Ag. then by Beds. War Ag. at Milton Ernest hostel and at Bolnhurst hostel. |
Married name | Liscombe |
Further information | Former invoice typist. Threshing machine once caught fire at Swineshead, when Rubi was on corn stack. She managed to escape by sliding down the back of the stack. |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
Page last updated: 20th May 2014