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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Edith Clematis Catchlove

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Name Catchlove, Edith Clematis
Date of birth 31 May 1920
Place of Birth Luton, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA 23 April 1942
Left WLA 29 October 1945
WLA No. 73396
Trained [Not known]
Employed Employed by the War Ag. at Toddington Park Hostel
Married name Unmarried
Further information Former electrical saleswoman, aged 21.  Tractor driver. Forewoman. Trained other land girl drivers. Led Luton Victory Parade.

Ploughing Competition Winners (February 1943) - Ethel Eaton, Rhona Carter and Edith Catchlove

Girls win Ploughing Match
First, second and third places in a ploughing match against experienced men at Woburn (Beds) were won by girls of the Women's Land Army - Ethel Eaton, Rhona Carter and Edith Catchlove (l-r)

 

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