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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Rose Vickery Richards

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Name Richards, Rose Vickery
Date of birth 25 January 1923
Place at enrolment Clapham, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA 1 August 1944
Left WLA 25 June 1946
WLA No. 148331
Trained On the job.
Employed Employed by private farmer: Mr Tinsley, Clapham, Bedford.
Married name Hakewill
More information Former fitter at W.H. Allens, Bedford, aged 21. Demobilised. Mostly dairy work. Seasonal harvesting.
Rose Richards

Rose Richards

1946 Parade

Rose (top right) drives one of the carts from Tinsley's Farm, Clapham in the 1946 Bedford Parade.

Rose 2002

Rose in 2002

 


Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author

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