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. |
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