Article: Thelma recognised for her war efforts ; Thelma Middlehurst has received her certificate and badge of thanks from the Government in recognition of her hard work as a Land Army girl during the Second World War.

Article: At last, Joyce lands her medal; WAR: Decades on, Land Army girl is honoured for doing her bit.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  February 20, 2009 ;     287 words ......recognised for her hard work with the Women's Land Army with a medal and...She joined the Land Army aged just 20 and...on a farm. It was hard work but we had some...the members of the Land Army. It was hard work but then no work...

Article: Hard work of women's land army
South Wales Evening Post;  July 7, 2007 ;     162 words ......on behalf of another forgotten organisation, the Women's Land Army. "I was most interested to read about the lady asking why...the Naafi for several years, while I was in the Women's Land Army. You can guess my next question. Since the Bevin Boys have been given a medal, why not the Women's ...

Article: Ceremony celebrates war effort of land army girls ; A Plucky pensioner attended a service to celebrate the efforts of Lincolnshire Land Army girls.
Grimsby Telegraph;  February 11, 2009 ;     189 words ......attended a service to celebrate the efforts of Lincolnshire Land Army girls. Martha Stephens (84), of Grimsby's Grange estate...at Lincoln Cathedral for local women who served in the Land Army. Mrs Stephens, a widow who has three children, said...I knew in Grimsby and I went to Bedfordshire. It ...

Article: Happy days digging for victory; nostalgia A recent story we published sparked these memories of life in the Midlands during the last war as a Land Army girl...(Features)
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  January 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ......to join the Women's Land Army and was billeted at...Along with another land army girl called Kitty from...and although it was hard work we were very happy together...recent article on the Land Army with great interest...17 when I joined the Land Army in ...

Article: Land girls' hard work honoured - at last
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  February 2, 2008 ;     351 words ......spent the war working long hours as Land Army girls to ensure Britain didn't go hungry...that they are finally rewarding the hard work that myself and all the other Land Girls...peak, up to 80,000 women were in the Land Army, with thousands more working for the...branches of the ...

Article: Land Army united in medal fight; Women battling to honour the dead.(News)(Obituary)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  October 14, 2008 ;     582 words ......only surviving members of the Women's Land Army and those who have died since December...to honour all of Britain's forgotten Land Army girls were growing even louder today...South Gosforth, Newcastle, was in the Land Army for five years and stationed at Haydon...

Article: Brothers hail Land Army appeal success.(News Local)
Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  August 15, 2005 ;     312 words ......successful appeal in the Gazette for Land Army memorabilia. In February the duo, from...asked for help in finding a wartime Land Army uniform to boost their touring local...including badges and photos of local Land Army girls were donated. Since then their...

Article: Tribute to Hilda's wartime effort on the farms; Badge recognises role of former Land Army girl.(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  January 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......given to women who served in the Land Army. From today, HildaGibson and other surviving members of the Women's Land Army and Women's Timber Corps can apply...World War. She joined the Women's Land Army in 1944, when she was just 18. Mrs...

Article: Letter: Women's Land Army.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 19, 2007 ;     139 words ......reports that at long last the surviving members of the Women's Land Army (land girls) are to be awarded a suitable recognition for the...was a young lad back in the Forties and can well remember the hard work the land girls did on my father's farm in all weathers and...

Article: Louise fights for army girls recognition ; A paignton mum has launched her own battle to honour the Land Army girls who struggled to feed Britain throughout the Second World War.
Herald Express (Torquay UK);  January 21, 2008 ;     399 words ......launched her own battle to honour the Land Army girls who struggled to feed Britain throughout...badge for the members of the Women's Land Army who volunteered to work on the nation...had gone off to war. Most of the women Land Army 'veterans' signed up more than 60 years...

Article: Bryn Mawr Farmerettes in the Woman's Land Army
Targeted News Service;  January 23, 2009 ;     369 words ......Bryn Mawr Farmerettes in the Woman's Land Army," the lecture will discuss a movement...book, Fruits of Victory: The Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War,which is...scores of Bryn Mawr students served as Land Army "farmerettes," President M.Carey Thomas...

Article: Restoring the honour of the women's land army
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  November 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Although members of the Women's Land Army made a significant contribution to this country...first page of Digging For Memories: The Women's Land Army In Cornwall remind us, despite all they did and...the progress of the setting up of the Women's Land Army in Cornwall revealed that the ...

Article: Medal honour marks Meryl's land army role.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  October 24, 2008 ;     185 words ......resident has been presented with her Land Army medal for services during World War...Meryl Hutching joined the voluntary Land Army in 1943 at the age of 18 and served...her days in the women's voluntary land army and she talks about it with a smile on her face. Although working in ...

Article: Land army worker tells of highs and lows of life ; More Land Army veterans have come forward to tell their stories after they were recognised by the Government last month.
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  August 27, 2008 ;     261 words ...More Land Army veterans have come forward to tell their...signed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The Land Army saw women take over work on agricultural...Mrs Goodenough said she had joined the Land Army because she thought working outside would...