MP pays tribute to Land Army Girls

Madeleine Moon MP was delighted to present three Women’s Land Army Veterans’ Badges on Christmas Eve morning. In the photographs are

Violet  Elizabeth Bishop, with family and friends and Renee Ella Reed, both of Bridgend.

A third badge was presented posthumously to Alan Hancock, in the company of his Aunt Lydia Evans, of Kenfig Hill for his mother Edith Hancock (nee Dawkins) who passed away last year.

Violet, Renee and Edith served on farms in Devon, Wiltshire and Cornwall during and just after the Second World War. 

Madeleine commented:

“It was fascinating to listen to the stories of the hard work and often physically cold and exhausting work the women undertook in the Land Army.  What was equally fascinating was how much three ladies all enjoyed the work, the comradeship and the challenges they faced.  It is difficult to imagine how today’s young women would react to these same challenges”.