Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Doreen Mary Kempster
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll of Honour > K
| Name | Kempster, Doreen Mary |
| Date of birth | 2 January 1924 |
| Place of birth | Islington, London |
| Joined WLA | 18 March 1943 |
| Left WLA | 9 March 1946 |
| WLA No. | 111174 |
| Trained | On the job. |
| Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Bolnhurst Hostel. |
| Married name | Harvey |
| Further information | Former filing clerk , aged 19. Transferred nearer to her home at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire on 28 September 1945. Doreen was dismissed from Bedfordshire WLA in 1945 when her fianc came home and she took a months leave to be with him (when leave was only allowed for married couples). A press photograph was taken showing her harvesting sugar beet on Cheshunt Marshes. |
 Doreen Kempster, Marion Ellison, Joyce Irving (l-r)
The wedding of land girl Olive Turner in
London c.1944 |
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