Elsie Brooks (née Thornton)

Elsie Thornton
Elsie Thornton

General Information

First Name(s): Elsie Lydia

Unmarried Surname: Thornton

Married Surname: Brooks

Date of Birth: 20.5.1918

Place of Birth: Poplar

Date joined WLA: 27.4.1943

Date left WLA: 21.6.1945

WLA number: 113579

Previous occupation: Dressmaker.

Employment

Worked in Cornwall and Warwick.

Elsie Thornton (second Land Girl from the right on the back row) pictured with fellow Land Girls. Elsie is stood next to her sister, Alice Rosina Thornton (far right hand side on the back row).

Life after the war

After the war, worked as a tea packer.

Contributor Information

Name: Andrew Kendall

Relationship to Land Girl: Step-grandmother (grandfather’s wife)

Elsie Thornton WLA Release Certificate
Elsie Thornton WLA index card.

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