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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Jean Gladys Herald

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Name Herald, Jean Gladys
Date of birth 18 March 1924
Place of birth Paddington, London
Joined WLA 22 March 1943
Left WLA 18 March 1946
WLA No. 111608
Trained Potton
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Potton, hostel.
Married name Abbott
Further information Former dancer, aged 19 on entry. Employed in market gardening locally. Worked most of the time at Waterloo Farm between Everton and Tempsford.

Potton land girls enjoying themselves

Jean Herald (extreme left), Constance Wood (third from left) and Rosina 'Rose' Flewers (third form right) join with fellow land girls in celebrating their inter-hostel competition win.

Potton land girls on horseback

Old George with the loves of his life - his horses
(l-r)
Jean Herald, 'Old George', Betty Feltham

 



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