Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Peggy Evelyn Shaw
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| Name | Shaw, Peggy Evelyn |
| Date of birth | 25 February 1929 |
| Place of birth | Garboldisham, Norfolk |
| Joined WLA | 12 May 1947 |
| Left WLA | 12 April 1949 |
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| Trained | |
| Employed | Farms in Holt, Norfolk, then the Beds War Ag at Sharnbrook Hostel |
| Married name | Brown |
| Further information | Joined aged 19, former village store clerk. Married US serviceman Jerald Paul Brown, on 8 March 1950, in Garboldisham. he was stationed with the US Air Force at RAF Sculthorpe. They moved to the USA for one year, then returned for 3 years at Lakenheath. Peggy, aged 80, living in Richmond, Kentucky, received her Veterans Badge, from the Britsh government in 2008 and was "very proud of it." |
 Peggy Shaw as a 19 year old land girl
(L to r)
Peggy Shaw and
Doris Harris
The wedding of land girl Olive Turner in
London c.1944
Peggy Brown (nee Shaw) in 2009 visiting England |
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