Lubenham Heritage Group

We are all familiar with the stoic work of the Women’s Land Army in WWII.  Early last year LHG member Deborah Seabrook gave us an excellent talk on the subject and we have Pat Fox’s wonderful reminiscences in her book ‘Bless ‘Em All: Life in the Woman’s Land Army in Lubenham’.  However, how many of us know about the similar organisation in World War I when 23,000 women were recruited to work full time on the land, replacing male farmers and workers who had gone to war.
Helen Frost looks at the less well-known but valuable work of the Women’s Land Army in World War I.