Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Doreen 'Dawn' Skeggs
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| Name | Skeggs, Doreen 'Dawn' |
| Date of birth | 3 April 1927 |
| Born | Manor Park, London |
| Joined WLA | 21 September 1943 |
| Left WLA | 31 March 1950 |
| WLA No. | 138044 |
| Trained | On the job. |
| Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Milton Ernest hostel. |
| Married name | Filby |
| More information | Former shop assistant, aged only 16½ (but got away with
it!). Transferred to Bedfordshire 2 December 1943. Left on completion of
contract. Last post-war forewoman at Milton Ernest hostel. |
Dawn in 1943 
Dawn Skeggs and Evelyn Hayers hitching a lift 
Dawn in 2002 
(left to right) Ann Haynes née Brodrick, Kathleen Cox née
Hopkins, Dawn Filby née Skeggs, Mary Smith née Pakes (cutting cake) Trixie
Schreiner née Saunders, Irene Saunders née Cook, Peggy Albertson née Davis,
Hilda Hicks née Bright |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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