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Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Doris Harris

Name	Harris, Doris
Date of birth	24 July 1924
Born	Paddington, London
Joined WLA	12 April 1943
Left WLA	18 March 1946
WLA No.	114938
Trained
Employed	Employed by the War Ag. at Bolnhurst Hostel
Married name
Further information	Former invoice clerk, aged 18 on entry.
(L to r) Peggy Shaw and Doris Harris Sunday 17 February, 1944 The wedding of land girl Olive Turner in London c.1944 (l-r) Peggy Shaw, Grace Buckeridge, Mary Warner, Eric Sharp, Olive Sharp nee Turner (bride), Zeita Trott (bridesmaid), Doreen Kempster, Mabel Bone, Doris Harris Bolnhurst group on lorry bonnet outside their hostel c1944 (l to r) Top: Doris Harris; Middle row: Dorothy Carlyle, Chris Shouler, Vera Jobling, Elsie Allen Bottom row: Joyce Irving, Marion Ellison, Mabel Frost, Grace Buckeridge Caption: Mobile gang with their lorry outside Bolnhurst hostel, 1945 (l to r) Top row: Mabel Bone, Marion Ellison, Doris Harris, Grace Buckeridge Middle left: Sheila Wilson Bottom row: Dorothy Carlyle, Chris Shouler, Vera Jobling, Elsie (Allen?)

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