Early Years
Lorna Arnold was born Lorna Rainbow in London on December 7, 1915. Her parents were Kenneth and Lorna Rainbow (née Dawson). Lorna was the eldest of five children. Her father served in WWI, and after the war, the family turned to farming in Surrey. She attended Waumborough Primary School and Guildford High School, and in 1934, she received a scholarship to study English Literature at Bedford College, University of London. She graduated from Bedford College, London in 1937.
After graduation, she trained as a teacher at Cambridge University, and spent one year teaching in secondary school. She was called to serve in the government during World War II, and did not return to teaching.
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