Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Irene Florence May Cook
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > C
Name | Cook, Irene Florence May |
Date of birth | 10 May 1926 |
Born | Dunstable |
Joined WLA | 20 March 1944 |
Left WLA | 19 October 1946 |
WLA No. | 142624 |
Trained | Northamptonshire Institute of Agriculture, Moulton |
Employed | Employed by private farmers - Mrs Lucas, Manor Farm Shillington and Measure's Farm, Thurleigh but was billeted at Milton Ernest hostel |
Married | Saunders |
Further information | Former plastic assembler, aged 17. Suffered from ringworm from working with cows, and had to be treated in a London hospital. Took part in the 14 February 1946 parade in Bedford before Princess Elizabeth. Left on medical grounds. |
|
Page last updated: 16th October 2013