Who is eligible for the Women’s Land Army and Women’s Timber Corps Badge?
Members of the Women’s Land Army & Women’s Timber Corps who served during either the First or Second World Wars are eligible to apply for a badge. Badges will be awarded to surviving members as of 6 December 2007. Badges will not be able to be awarded to spouses or families of deceased members, except where death has occurred after 6 December 2007. Applicants will need to supply their date of birth, approximate dates of service in the Women’s Land Army or Women’s Timber Corps, and the location at which they were stationed. The first badges are expected to be issued in the Summer. Background to the Women’s Land Army and Women’s Timber Corps The Women’s Land Army (WLA), 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 wo
