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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

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 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 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 Karn (right) on the haystack, with Ruth Bennett, at Willoughby Farm, Great Barford.

Nancy driving a tractor at Willoughby Farm, Great Barford.

Nancy driving a tractor at Willoughby Farm, Great Barford.

Muck spreading on the fields at Great Barford.

Muck spreading on the fields at Great Barford.

Nancy Karn delivering milk by pony and trap in Roxton.

Delivering milk by pony and trap in Roxton.

 


Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author

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