Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Rita Stokes
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll of Honour > S
| Name | Stokes, Rita |
| Date of birth | 3 July 1924 |
| Place of birth | Luton |
| Joined WLA | 25 May 1943 |
| Left WLA | 19 October 1946 |
| WLA No. | 121970 |
| Trained | On the job plus tractor maintenance at Slough, Bucks. |
| Employed | Hulcote Moors Hostel |
| Married name | Keen |
| Further information | Former milliner, aged 18. Left Hulcote Moors Hostel and was billeted at 52 Mill Road Cranfield. Tractor work on various farms in the area. Drove her tractor in the 1946 Bedford Parade and was in the Guard of Honour for Princess Elizabeth when she left the Corn Exchange. |
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