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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Vera Kay

Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call> K
Name Kay, Vera
Date of birth 27 September 1927
Place at enrolment Birmingham, Warwickshire
Joined WLA 31 July 1947
Left WLA 30 November 1950
WLA No. 185611
Trained [Not known]
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Cople House Hostel and Mr Algie Mayes at Middle Farm, Cople.
Married name Brown
Further information Former machine operator, aged 19. Transferred to Bedfordshire August 1947. Stayed on the land after WLA disbanded. Sister, Doreen Kay, also joined the WLA.
Vera and Doreen Kay, late 1940s

Vera and Doreen Kay, late 1940s

Cople Land Girls

Cople Hostel Land Girls
(Standing) Edith Jones, Vera Kay, Joan Wood
(Sitting) Laura Cattrick

 


Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author

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