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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Rona Kathleen Carter

Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > C
Name Carter, Rona Kathleen
Date of birth [Not known]
Born Luton, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA 7 April 1942
Left WLA 4 November 1946
WLA No. 70885
Trained On the job.
Employed Employed by the War Ag at Leighton Buzzard Hostel
Married name  
Further information Former shorthand typist, aged 20.  Came 2nd in county ploughing competition at Woburn Park.
Mentioned in the Stella Limon reminiscence.

Ploughing Competition Winners (February 1943) - Ethel Eaton, Rhona Carter and Edith Catchlove

Girls win Ploughing Match
First, second and third places in a ploughing match against experienced men at Woburn (Beds) were won by girls of the Women's Land Army - Ethel Eaton, Rhona Carter and Edith Catchlove (l-r)

 

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