Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Doreen Mary Kempster
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| Name | Kempster, Doreen Mary |
| Date of birth | 2 January 1924 |
| Place at enrolment | Islington, London |
| Joined WLA | 18 March 1943 |
| Left WLA | 9 March 1946 |
| WLA No. | 111174 |
| Trained | On the job. |
| Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Bolnhurst Hostel and privately at Bridge Farm. |
| Married name | Harvey |
| Further information | Former filing clerk,aged 19. Transferred to Bedfordshire 9 April 1943 then to Hertfordshire 28 September 1945. Demobilised. Doreen was dismissed from Bedfordshire WLA when her fiancé came home and she took a month's leave to be him (when leave was only allowed for married couples). A press photograph was taken showing her harvesting sugar beet on Cheshunt Marshes. |
Doreen Kempster, Marion Ellison, Joyce Irving (l-r) 
The wedding of land girl Olive Turner in London c.1944 
(L to R) Joe Yoho, Olive Turner, Zeita Trott and Doreen Kempster outside the Wheatsheaf in Colmworth |
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