Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Doris 'Dorothy' Eva Hurren
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Name | Hurren, Doris 'Dorothy' Eva |
Date of birth | 25 October 1921 |
Born | Islington, London |
Joined WLA | 19 October 1939 |
Left WLA | 29 September 1944 |
WLA No. | 12734 |
Trained | Midland Agricultural College, Sutton Bonnington,1939. Dorothy did four weeks training in poultry husbandry. |
Employed | Employed by private farmers: Home Farm, Southill Park; Chawston Manor (poultry farm). |
Married name | Keightley |
Further information | Joined aged 17. Transferred to Bedfordshire from Huntingdonshire 25 October 1940. Specialised in poultry. Left to get married. |
'Dorothy' Hurren, aged 18 |
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Dorothy Hurren at Chawston Manor Farm, 1942 |
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Dorothy Hurren with sheep dog Nell at Southill Park Home Farm |
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