Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Ruth Bennett
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > B
| Name | Bennett, Ruth |
| Date of birth | 1919 (?) |
| Place at enrolment | Bedford |
| Joined WLA | 15 April 1941 |
| Left WLA | 30 March 1944 |
| WLA No. | 41993 |
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| Married name | Norman |
| Further information | Ruth joined the Land Army first, before her sisters Hannah and Mary. Before that she worked at a hairdressers in Brentwood, London where she experienced the dangers of German bombing and the strafing (firing machine guns at civilians from the air). |
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Ruth (right) with sisters Hannah and Mary (centre) Bennett
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Ruth Bennett |
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