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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