The Forage Corps started in 1915, before becoming a section of the Women’s Land Army, working in Great Britain and Ireland.
The number of women who worked in this section are shown below:
- March 1918 – 5,000 women workers
- At end of 1919 – 8,000
![Member of the Women's Forage Corps feeding a hay baler Source: IWM Q30688](https://i0.wp.com/www.womenslandarmy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Member-of-the-Womens-Forage-Corps-feeding-a-hay-baler-Q30688-224x300.jpg?resize=224%2C300)
Source: IWM Q30688
Summary adapted by Stuart Antrobus from The Women’s Land Army: a Portrait (Gill Clarke)