Bedfordshire Roll of Honour
Monica 'Mona' McKenna

Name	McKenna, Monica 'Mona'
Date of birth	11 June 1924
Place of birth	Sunderland, County Durham
Joined WLA	6 August 1943
Left WLA	30 November 1950
WLA No.	134296
Trained	[not known]
Employed	Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Chimney Corner and Cople House Hostel and Mr Tinsley's Church Farm, Clapham
Married name	Hewitt
Further information	Former nurse, aged 19. Stayed on the land after WLA disbandment.
Cople House hostel land girls Mona McKenna and Jean Sands Cople WLA Hostel concert party entertaining the troups at Kempston Barracks, 30 June 1947. [Source: L Freestone] Back row: (l to r) ?, Joan Wood, Doreen Parish, Jean Sands, Joy Collard, Kathleen Inker, Edna _____?, 'Betty' Wallis, Grace Cross Middle row: Mrs Truman [WLA Bedford HQ staff], ?, ?, Rose Perritt, Mona McKenna, Barbara Strike, ?, ? (with guitar), Dora ______?, ?, Olwyn Dinsdale, Mrs. Sharman [WLA Bedford HQ staff] Front row: ?, Margaret Bandy, ?, (unknown man), ?, ?, ?, ?[WLA Bedford HQ staff?]

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