Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Doris 'Dorothy' Eva Hurren
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| Name | Hurren, Doris 'Dorothy' Eva |
| Date of birth | 25 October 1921 |
| Born | Islington, London |
| Joined WLA | 19 October 1939 |
| Left WLA | 29 September 1944 |
| WLA No. | 12734 |
| Trained | Midland Agricultural College, Sutton Bonnington, 1939. Dorothy did four weeks' training in poultry husbandry. |
| Employed | Employed privately at Home Farm, Southill Estate and Chawston Manor as a poultry specialist. |
| Married name | Keightley |
| Further information | Aged 17 on entry. Transferred to Huntingdonshire then to Bedfordshire 25 October 1940. Specialised in poultry. Left to get married. |
'Dorothy' Hurren, aged 18
Dorothy Hurren at Chawston Manor Farm, 1942
Dorothy Hurren with sheep dog Nell at Southill Park Home Farm |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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