Emmerdale 1918 WW1 WLA Episode
Head over to the ITV Hub to watch the fourth episode of Emmerdale 1918. Natalie J Robb, who plays farmer Moira Dingle, traces the story of remarkable Yorkshire city girl who led the way in...
Category: WW1 Modern Articles
WW1 Article: Blast From the Past: Women’s Land Army armband
Click here to read an article on the ‘Your Local Guardian’ website about Dorothy Sworder’s time in the WW1 Women’s Land Army. The article contains a great photo and explanation of Dorothy’s WW1 Armband...
WW1 Research: Women’s Land Army in Cornwall (Research by Julie Newman)
Julie Newman recently got in touch with the following question:- I’m researching the Women’s Land Army in WW1 for a short story to be published later this year in an anthology. I would like...
WW1 News: Letter To An Unknown Soldier
Created by Kate Pullinger and Neil Bartlett, and commissioned by 14-18 NOW, LETTER TO AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER is a new kind of war memorial, one made only of words: “This is everyone’s chance to be part of...
WW1 Article: Sowing The Seeds of Patriotism? The Women’s Land Army in Devon 1916-1918
Article originally published in The Local Historian, Volume 41, Number 1 – February 2011 Please see below the abstract published on the British Association for Local History’s website:- Bonnie White, ‘Sowing the seeds of...
WW1 Article: A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The new British front – in the fields
The Independent article: A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The new British front – in the fields
Exhibition: From Fields to Factories: Women’s Work on the Home Front in the First World War
From Fields to Factories: Women’s Work on the Home Front in the First World War starts on Friday 14th February, and runs until Saturday 10th May. The exhibition explores the role of women in the...
WW1 Article: How Land Girls helped feed Britain to victory in WW1 (Wales)
BBC News article: How Land Girls helped feed Britain to victory in WW1