Land Girls at Pluckley
Andrew J Sleep was awarded an MBE for his services at Pluckley Flax Mill in August 1944. Caroline Millan, Andrew’s granddaughter, has been in touch and shared some photos from her family’s collection. These...
Category: WW2 Photos
Valentine’s Day 2019: Land Girl GI Brides
Over 1 1/2 million American servicemen arrived in Britain from January 1942 onwards to help fight the war with Germany. Not surprisingly, there were frequent romances and relationships with local girls, many short-lived or...
Gladys Louise West: A Land Girl working in the forests
Gladys Louise West (nee Leech) April 1923 – March 2012 Life before the WLA My mother, Gladys Louise Leech was born in Tuebrook, Liverpool in 1923. A true city girl who probably hankered for...
‘Buddy’: A Land Girl in Lincolnshire
Violet May Edwards (nee Budd) was born on 22nd February 1929 in Winchmore Hill, North London. After working in toy, sweet, and metal box factories, as well as in a green grocers and as...
Lumber Jill Veteran Joy Smith Interview and Photos
Joy Smith (30.10.1923) became a Lumber Jill in February 1943. Joy joined the Women’s Timber Corps and began her training at Culford Camp. She then worked in Wooton-u-Edge in Gloucestershire. Joy’s son-in-law Robin Daly...
Looking for information on Battina House
My mother used to be a land army girl at Battina House, which I believe was in the Chichester or Brighton area. She passed away a couple of weeks ago. I was wondering if...
Photograph Album: The WLA in Retford, 1948-1949
This photograph album, kindly shared by Catherine Procter, charts the journey of Land Girls in Retford, Nottinghamshire. Alongside photographs of women out on the farm, the album also includes postcards from a visit to...