Mayor to honour female war veterans
by Hammersmith and Fulham Press Office
06/02/2009
Local women who served in the Land Army and the Women's Timber Corps during World War Two are to be invited to a special reception by the Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham.
Cllr Andrew Johnson will mark the sterling work that these unsung heroes did at a ceremony in his parlour later in the year.
He said: “These women deserve to be recognised for assisting the war effort. I look forward to honouring them later in the year.”
The Women’s Land Army, colloquially known as the Land Girls, was formed at the outbreak of World War II to work on the land, freeing the male workers to go to war. By 1943 there were some 80,000 young women working in every aspect of agriculture to feed the nation. With their uniform of green ties and jumpers and brown felt slouch hats, they worked from dawn to dusk each day, milking cows, digging ditches, sowing seeds and harvesting crops.
The Women’s Timber Corps (WTC), also known as the ‘Lumber Jills’ worked tirelessly in the forests to provide timber for the war effort, felling trees, sawing timber and sharpening saws.
If you used to be a member of the Land Army or the Women's Timber Corps and wish to attend please contact the Mayor’s office on 020 8753 2013.
