Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Rose 'Rosemary' May Denton
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > D
Name | Denton, Rose 'Rosemary' May |
Date of birth | 3 December 1926 |
Born | Woolwich, London |
Joined WLA | 18 December 1944 |
Left WLA | 11 August 1950 |
WLA No. | 152503 |
Trained | On the job. |
Employed | Employed by private farmers: Harold and John Brown (son) at Great Barford (Hill Farm; Birchfields; Willowbank Farm) |
Married name | Birch |
Further information | Former cashier, aged 18. Living in Great Barford when
she enrolled. Did dairy and general farming work. Left on completion of
contract. "Work was hard but enjoyable" "The Land Army, a group of hardworking, eager to learn young people." |
Rosemary Denton on a tractor Rosemary Denton in uniform |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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