Marjory Jarman
English Girl Guide leader
Marjory Jarman (13 August 1901 – 1 January 1981), also known as Jammie or Jamie was an English Girl Guide leader. She was a member of the Guide International Service (GIS), with whom she volunteered in Cairo, Egypt and Piraeus, Greece after WWII. In her will, Jarman bequeathed money to Cambridgeshire Girl Guides, who used part of the bequest to build the Marjory Jarman Centre, an outdoor centre in Newmarket.
Personal life
Marjory Alice Jarman was born in Norwich to Louis John Jarman and Alice Julia Jarman, née Walford. She spent most of her life in Cambridgeshire. She worked as a cake maker and confectioner, and also a personnel officer at Chivers and Sons. During WWII Jarman worked as a Queen's Messenger.
She died in Addenbrooke's Hospital after an operation.
Girl Guides
Jarman joined the 12th Cambridge Girl Guide company in 1916. In 1919, she appeared in a music concert presented by Cambridge Guides, together with Marguerite de Beaumont, who would go on to write biographies of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell.
In 1920 she established, and until 1957 ran, the 14th Cambridge Land Ranger company.
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