WW2 Poem: I used to work in an office and someone called me Balmy
I used to work in an office and someone called me Balmy When eighteen months ago or so I joined the blinkin’ Land Army. There really is a lot to learn and I am...
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WW1 Land Girl: Daisy Dance
General Information First Name(s): Daisy Irene Unmarried Surname: Dance Married Surname: (Died in 1968.) Unmarried so far as known. Date of Birth: 1898 Place of Birth: Downside, Cobham, Surrey Date Joined WLA: 28 March 1919 at...
Evelyn Dunbar: Studies, Illustrations & Paintings
Evelyn Dunbar painted a number of images of the Women’s Land Army. For an example of just one of her works, please click here.
Search for farms: Mary Grace Gibbs and friends at Briarwood, in Dormansland
‘My mother Mary Grace Gibbs served in the WLA between May 1943 & June 1945 in the county of Surrey. Mum was billeted with a Mr & Mrs Frank Allen in Briarwood, Dormansland &...
Happy Easter 2017
Rare colour photograph of Land Girls with a large basket of freshly laid eggs as they breed chicks at redlands poultry farm at South Holmwood in Surrey in March, 1944. Embed from Getty Images
WW1 Land Girl: Maud Pretoria Bird
General Information First Name(s): Maud Pretoria Unmarried Surname: Bird Married Surname: Tandy Date of Birth: 18th August 1900 Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London Date Joined WLA: Agriculture 4th April 1918 Date Left WLA / WFC: 30th November 1919 Employment and Accommodation Employment...
WW1 Land Girl: Phyllis Sahmer (nee Drayton)
General Information First Name(s): Phyllis Unmarried Surname: Drayton Married Surname: Longbottom, 1921 in Bombay, India Sahmer, High Peak. c. 1952 Date of Birth: 20/9/1900 Place of Birth: Bournemouth Date Joined WLA: Agriculture, c. 1916 Date Left WLA / WFC: Circa 1918?...
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...