Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Olwen Dinsdale

Name	Dinsdale, Olwen
Date of birth	2 December 1924
Born	Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham
Joined WLA	9 August 1943
Left WLA	18 June 1948
WLA No.	134469
Trained
Employed	Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Cople House hostel.
Married name
Further information	Former bakery packer, aged 18.
Olwen in Cople Hostel Group Photo, c. 1940's Olwen in Cople Hostel Group Photo, 1947 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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