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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Vera Davies Roberts (Mrs)

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Name Roberts, Vera Davies (Mrs)
Date of birth 27 October 1918
Place at enrolment Bedford, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA 20 July 1942
Left WLA 17 January 1947
WLA No. 90470
Trained [Not known]
Employed Employed by the War Ag. as a pest controller.
Married name Roberts
More information Former hairdresser, aged 23. Demobilised.
Photo with Ella Green, laying poison for rats. Feb 1946 Beds WLA Souvenir Brochure.
Pest control Land Girls - E.V. Green

Vera Roberts and her fellow land girl, Ella Green, tackle rats on a Bedfordshire farm.
(February 14-16 1946 Rally and Exhibition Souvenir Programme, p16)

 


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