Cyrilla Carlton

General Information

First Name(s): Cyrilla

Unmarried Surname: Carlton

Date of Birth: 1910

Place of Birth: Lincolnshire

Date joined WLA: 1940

Date left WLA: When WLA being run down (c.1950)

Previous occupation: Army driver.

Reasons for joining: Invalided out.

Family’s reaction to joining: Family all dead. Only a sister remained.

Reactions of local people towards WLA: Good.

Treatment by farmer or market gardeners: Good.

Reasons for leaving: Late marriage and son.

Employment

Pre-work training: Army service.

Worked for: Private farmer in Yorkshire.

Type of work undertaken: Forewoman – administration and framework.

Best and worst memories: Some farmers good, some pigs.

Opportunities to meet other Land Girls: Close relations.

Life after the war

Post-war occupation: Housewife and counsellor.

Did they stay on the land? Grandfather’s estate.

How did work in the WLA / WTC effect your/ their life? Fulfilling.

Any outstanding events: Christmas cards with her girls. Cryilla left behind a WLA doll that the girls gave her along with a pair of engraved candle sticks which were stolen during the Miners’ Strike. 

Contributor Information

Name: Robert Calrton-Porter

Relationship to Land Girl: Son