General Information First Name(s): Annie Charlotte Catherine Unmarried Surname: Sawyer Married Surname: Glover Date of Birth: 9th March 1928 Place of Birth: 62 Tucker Street, Canning Town, London Date Joined WLA: 17th July 1946 Date...
General Information First Name(s): Joyce Lillian Unmarried Surname: Nelson Married Surname: Corras Date of Birth: 11/2/1926 Place of Birth: London Date Joined WLA: 1943 Date Left WLA: 1945 Employment Joyce worked in Earls Cone, Essex...
From left to right, top to bottom: Land Girls entertaining the troops at Thundersley Hostel, Essex. Source: Lorna Cosgrove A get together after a day’s training. Versatile Iris Joyce types, farms and also plays....
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I have a photo of Land Army Girls including my aunt Lilian Taylor in 1943 doing a show for the troops who were going off to war the following day. My aunt is the...
Photos from the launch of ‘Voices From History: Essex Land Girls‘ by Dee Gordan at Park Inn Palace Hotel, Southend on Sea, 11th April 2015.
During the war, Essex became a likely place for ladies of the ‘Women’s Land Army’ to contribute to the war effort. Many came from Essex but women came from all over. Often women would...