Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Peggy Evelyn Shaw
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > S
| Name | Shaw, Peggy Evelyn |
| Date of birth | 25 February 1929 |
| Place at enrolment | Garboldisham, Norfolk |
| Joined WLA | 12 May 1947 |
| Left WLA | 14 April 1949 |
| WLA No. | [Not known] |
| Trained | [Not known] |
| Employed | Farms in Holt, Norfolk, then the Beds. War Ag. at Sharnbrook House Hostel. |
| Married name | Brown |
| Further information | [No official record available] Former village store clerk, aged 19. Married US serviceman Jerald Paul Brown, on 8 March 1950 in Garboldisham. He was stationed with the US Air Force at RAF Sculthorpe. They moved to the USA for one year, then returned for 3 years at Lakenheath. Peggy, aged 80, living in Richmond, Kentucky, received her Veterans Badge from the British Government in 2008 and "was very proud of it". |
Peggy Shaw as a 19 year old land girl 
(L to r) Peggy Shaw and Doris Harris 
The wedding of land girl Olive Turner in London c.1944
Peggy Brown (née Shaw) in 2009 visiting England |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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