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Its the 80th anniversary of the Women’s Timber Corps, a branch of the Women’s Land Army which worked in the Isle of Wights forests during the…

THEY have been dubbed Britains forgotten army - but a new book aims to ensure their role is finally recognised after 80 years.

Established 80 years ago this week, the Womens Timber Corps took on the role of felling trees to provide timber in the Second World War after the male workforce had been sent to fight

The term used to describe a woman lumberjack has been around since the 1940s.

Women are becoming a welcome woodland workforce in British forests as they get to grips with the tools of the trade.

A Royston care home resident who recently celebrated her 99th birthday is wondering if she may be the oldest living Land Army Girl.

Pictures range from women making cannon shells in Merseyside to T-class submarine crews playing cards Another image shows an 18-year-old from a small engineering company firing a three-inch mortar in Cornwall Images such as these are so rare because Kodachrome was in very short supply during World War Two Set, known as TR Series, included in new book from Imperial War Museums called Britain At War In Colour