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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Olive Doreen Turner

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Name Turner, Olive Doreen
Date of birth 19 November 1924
Place at enrolment Southgate, London
Joined WLA 13 March 1943
Left WLA 1 June 1945
WLA No. 110706
Trained On the job.
Employed Employed by Beds. War. Ag at the Bolnhurst Hostel.
Married name Sharp, later Hayes
Further information Former clerk, aged 17. Transferred to Bedfordshire 9 April 1943. Left on medical grounds.
Olive Doreen Turner

Olive Turner

The wedding of land girl Olive Turner in London c.1944

The wedding of land girl Olive Turner in London c.1944
(l-r) Peggy Shaw, Grace Buckeridge, Mary Warner, Eric Sharp, Olive Sharp née Turner (bride), Zeita Trott (bridesmaid), Doreen Kempster, Mabel Bone, Doris Harris

(L to R) Joe Yoho, Olive Turner, Zeita Trott and Doreen Kempster outside the Wheatsheaf in Colmworth

(L to R) Joe Yoho, Olive Turner, Zeita Trott and Doreen Kempster outside the Wheatsheaf in Colmworth

 


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