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Ed Smith – Women of WW2

www.edsmithphotography.com

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Sheila Ellis – A Land Army girl through the war, Sheila held onto a lot of memorabilia and has since presented talks about life in the
Land Army.

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Betsy Simeones – Joined the WRNS in 1941 and trained as an air to sea bomb range marker.
She went on to train flight observers around the country.

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Trixie Duke – Lathe operator in a munitions factory in Bristol.

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Ella Marshall – Spent a short time in the land army before working in a factory making uniforms for injured soldiers.

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Gwen Reding – Covert radar operator in the WAAF, worked in a bunker to give warning of incoming raids.
Based at Bawdsey Manor, Felixtowe.

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Mickie Bowman – Land Girl driver who always had the earliest start and latest finish as she had to pick up and then drop off workers each day. Also played a role in the ‘lend a hand on the land’ program immediately after the war.

more images and other interesting projects on Ed Smith’s website; found on Dead Porcupine