‘At headquarters she was a number’, at the local level… ‘she becomes an individual’. ‘She is no longer W.L.A. No. 657085, she is Betty or Madge’. Vita Sackville-West, ‘Women’s Land Army’, p.15. The transformation...
In 1942, shop assistant Madeline Olive Thornewill joined the Women’s Land Army. She was 20 years old and lived in Newhall, near Burton-on-Trent. She remained in the WLA for 7 years, working in Buckinghamshire....
General Information First Name(s): Teresea Unmarried Surname: Hooley Married Surname: Butler Place of Birth: Derbyshire (?) Employment County: Derbyshire Life After War Information from Philip Dalling in the Derby Telegraph. “After the First World War, Teresa found the...
General Information First Name(s): Marjorie Unmarried Surname: Haigh Date of Birth: 27/09/1901 Place of Birth: Sheffield Date Joined WLA: 1943 Life After War Return to pre-war occupation: No Stayed on the land: No Further Information Previous occupation before WLA / WTC: Steelworks...
