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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Iris Joan Manning

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Name Manning, Iris Joan
Date of birth 12 January 1924
Place of birth Goldington, Bedford
Joined WLA 14 July 1943
Left WLA 18 July 1950
WLA No. 130241
Trained Toddington Park
Employed Employed by private farmer: Twinwoods Farm, Clapham (2 years).  Employed by Bedfordshire War. Ag. Committee at Hulcote Moors hostel and then as at Tractor Repair Depot, Goldington, Bedford.
Married name Cornell
Further information Former factory worker aged 19 on entry. Dairy, mixed farming and driving. Worked with Barbara Sowerby and Daphne Favell.

Iris Manning
Iris Manning in 1943

Iris in 2002
Iris in 2002

Iris Cornell (nee Manning) and her husband Dennis
Iris and her husband Dennis at the Royal Opera House, part of the Women's Land Army Veteran's Badge celebrations

 



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