Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Nancy Karn
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Name | Karn, Nancy |
Date of birth | 22 July 1923 |
Place at enrolment | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Joined WLA | 28 October 1939 |
Left WLA | 30 March 1945 |
WLA No. | 19035 |
Trained | [Not known] |
Employed | Employed privately. |
Married name | [Not known] |
Further information | Aged 16 on entry. Left on medical grounds. |
Nancy Karn qualified as a professional horsewoman, aged 16, immediately before becoming a land girl in Bedfordshire. Nancy Karn is fourth from the left in the first standing row (2nd one in hat) at this Swan Hotel reception for new land girl recruits in Bedford. Nancy Karn (right) on the haystack, with Ruth Bennett, at Willoughby Farm, Great Barford. Nancy driving a tractor at Willoughby Farm, Great Barford. Muck spreading on the fields at Great Barford. Delivering milk by pony and trap in Roxton. |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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