Land Army Girls

[suemalings]

Does anyone know if there is a museum or archive office relating to the Women's Land Army?

I have looking on line but cannot find anything.

sue

[Peter Goodey]

I have looking on line but cannot find anything.

Why didn't you look at the National Archives website? There's a research guide.

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/h...ens-land-army/

"Though the original service records of the Women’s Land Army have not survived, The National Archives has microfiche copies of alphabetical index cards from 1939 to 1945 that contain some basic information about the women’s service."

[StintonLomas]

One dedicated museum plus displays at 5 others.

https://www.womenslandarmy.co.uk/res...ntact/museums/

[timbo58]

I did some trawling through the NA at Kew a few years back.
There were a few files (and I do mean 2/3 only) with committee reports and stuff like that and one or two copies of the magazine 'the land girl', one of these is actually on Forces War Records historic documents library also.

Nothing else, no lists, ledgers or anything else that might name more than a few of the higher-ups.

I rather suspect that as with Civil defence and Home Guard, that a local history archive is the place to go for anything substantial.

[Peter Goodey]

https://discovery.nationalarchives.go...tails/r/C15627

[timbo58]

Thanks Peter, that's odd as I definitely made a bee-line for MAF, but ho hum!
I'll take a look at that next time I visit.