Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Dorothy Veronica Hart

Name	Hart, Dorothy Veronica
Date of birth	28 February 1930
Place at enrolment	Isleworth, London
Joined WLA	5 April 1947
Left WLA	16 July 1948
WLA No.	181645
Trained	[Not known]
Employed	Beds. Agricultural Exec. Committee at Clifton House hostel.
Married name	Pierce
Further information	Former bank clerk at the National Provincial Bank, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. Aged 17 at enrolment. Transferred to Bedfordshire 28 August 1947. Left on completion of contract. Later in life, Dorothy was awarded the British Empire Medal for 20 years voluntary service in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary, attaining the rank of Divisional Officer - the first woman to do so in direct competition with men.
Close up of Dorothy Hart from group photo Land girls guard of honour for a wedding at All Saints Church, Clifton, October 1947. Front Row (l-r): First, Dorothy Hart, fourth along Joan Cloran, sixth along Elsie Mills, eighth along Eileen Elliott, third from right Margaret Piper Back Row (l-r): Fourth along Ivy Whitehead, eighth along Gladys Park

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