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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Hilda Cole

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Name Cole, Hilda
Date of birth 30 April 1926
Born Hexton
Joined WLA 3 June 1943
Left WLA 12 November 1948
WLA No. 123670
Trained Luton Hoo
Employed Private farms: Mr Pike at Turvey; Mr. Hay at Odell; Mr. Palmer at Halwell Berry Fruit Farm.
Married name Gage
Further information Lived in Hexton, Cambridgeshire. Joined in 1942 saying she was 17 but was only 16. Billeted in Odell with Mr and Mrs Sharp at the Bell Public House. Worked with Joyce Band and Marion Peters and Mrs Godfrey at Halwell Farm.

Hilda Cole

 



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