Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Sylvia Mary Burns
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > B
Name | Burns, Sylvia Mary |
Date of birth | 27th September 1929 |
Place of birth | Keighley, West Yorkshire |
Joined WLA | 18 July 1947 |
Left WLA | 18 June 1948 |
WLA No. | 185105 |
Trained | Ravensden |
Employed | Employed by War. Ag. at Chimney Corner |
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Further information | Former textile spinner, joined aged 17. Involved in a collision between Land Army truck containing Land Girls with a truckload of Italian POWs travelling in the opposite direction. Suffered fractured ribs and concussion and was granted an early release from the WLA. |
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