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Milking Jerseys and Guernseys in East Bergholt

Pamela Joan Squirrell (nee Heath) enrolled in the Women's Land Army on September 4th, 1944 at the age of seventeen. She was living on...

Annie Catchpole (nee Tooley) reminisces about her days in the Land Army following her 102nd birthday.

Annie Elizabeth Catchpole (nee Tooley) was born in Dudley on January 30th 1922 and subsequently moved to London to live with her uncle...

Suffolk Punch horse visits local primary school for Remembrance Day

Barrow Primary School near Bury St Edmunds is paying tribute to the Women’s Land Army for Remembrance Day by welcoming a Suffolk Punch horse

Local land girl works at Abbot's Hall Farm, Stowmarket - the site of The Food Museum

Patricia Foulger (nee Keeble) was living at Moat Farm, Wetheringsett when she enrolled in the Women’s Land Army at the age of 19 on March...

Suffolk WLA Rally Ho - July 2023

A jolly weekend of camaraderie, hilarious team games and a poignant Drum Head Servive parade took place at The Suffolk Military Show in...

Lily marries her rival

Lily Foulger nee Smith was born in Butley in 1927. Her first job was working for the Governor of the Boys Borstal at Hollesley Bay. She...

Dora's journey from Suffolk land girl to GI bride

Dora Abel (nee Finbow) recounts her time in the Women's Land Army in various locations in East Suffolk and meeting her future GI husband,...

Olive's service in Weybread and Laxfield

Olive is proudly wearing her land army uniform with her RAF sweetheart brooch pinned to the sleeve of her greatcoat. Olive J. Emeny...

Diary Extracts: Ramsholt posting for the Doylend sisters

Daphne and Jean enrol in the Women’s Land Army and move into their rented cottage with their mother, May. Daphne May Doylend 22.06.1923 –...

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