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
Lilies on the Land, Cobham, Surrey, Saturday 10th September
If you live in the vicinity of Cobham, Surrey, the wonderful play by the Lions part ‘Lilies on the Land’ is being performed at Cobham Village Hall on Saturday 10 September as the finale...
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?...