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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Ethel Lorna Eaton

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Name Eaton, Ethel Lorna
Date of birth 13 January 1929
Place of birth Luton
Joined WLA 23 April 1942
Left WLA 18 June 1947
WLA No. 773398
Trained  
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Toddington Park hostel.
Married name (Unmarried)
Further Information Gained 92% in ploughing proficiency test.  Carried away prizes in both Bedfordshire and other county ploughing competitions.  Her team defeated a team of men at Woburn Park, early 1943. Died young, 1947.

Ethel Eaton, champion land girl plougher

Ethel Eaton, Bedfordshire's champion land girl plougher

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)

Toddington Park Land Girls

Toddington Park land girls, 1943
Back Row: Irene Mason (4th from right)
Middle Row: Ethel Eaton (2nd from right), Doris Lane (2nd from left)

 

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