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Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Edna Josephine Harris

Name	Harris, Edna Josephine
Date of birth	11 June 1924
Place of birth	Wootton, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA	19 June 1943
Left WLA	June 1945
WLA No.	126429
Trained	On the job.
Employed	Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Hulcote Moors Hostel
Married name	Robinson
Further information	Former club assistant, Stewartby, aged 19 on entry. Remembers American servicemen attending dances in Stewartby village hall. Resigned on medical grounds.
Hulcote Girls welcome the first American servicemen L to R Marjorie Prince, Peggy Clark, Thelma Mathers, Pearl Wright, Edna Harris, Doris Bass Hulcote Moors hostel group with the Warden, Mrs Whatling, 1943 Back Row (l-r) Pamela Bell, Betty Hurst (?), Thelma Mathers, Vera Hull, Elizabeth Alice Braybrook, Myra Griffiths Middle Row (l-r) Peggy Clark, Doris Bass, Edna Harris, Gladys Hinton (Housekeeper), Mrs E Watling (Warden), (Greta) Joyce Virgin, Hilda Virgin Front Row (l-r) ?, Zoe Odell, Audrey Joan Hinde, Marjorie Prince, ?

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