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9 Simple Techniques For Women With Axes: Looking Back at World War II 'Lumberjills'


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<p class="p__0">Women's Lumber Corps, A member of the Women's Wood Corps stripping bark from a dropped tree to be used as a telegraph pole. Abbreviation, WTCEstablished1942Dissolved1946Region served United Kingdom, Staff (1943) 6,000 13,000 The Women's Lumber Corps (WTC) was a British civilian organisation developed throughout the Second World War to work in forestry, replacing males who had actually delegated sign up with the militaries.</p>
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<img class="featurable" style="max-height:300px;max-width:400px;" itemprop="image" src="http://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/b9bfb851-0d7e-4cc8-bca8-3524498d1ef6/team2.jpg" alt="Remembering the work of Britain's WW2 lumberjills - BBC News"><span style="display:none" itemprop="caption">Forestry England on Twitter: "In 1942 the Woman's Timber Corps formed in response to a shortage of forestry workers during WWIIKnown as the Lumber Jills, nearly 5,000 women carried out forestry</span>
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<p class="p__1">Development [edit] Formed in 1942, the origins of the WTC return to the First World War, when the Women's Lumber Service had been formed to assist with the war effort. In Axe throwing to fix a labour scarcity and an increased need for lumber the Forestry Commission began hiring females both as forestry employees however likewise to work in sawmills.</p>
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<p class="p__2">Organisation [modify] 2 members of the WTC cutting pit props throughout their fundamental training at Culford As much of the ladies who had joined the Forestry Commission came from the WLA, the WLA took control of the administration and recruitment for the WTC and although the WTC was formally part of the WLA it kept a different identity.</p>
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<p class="p__3">A full set of set consisted of:- 2 green jerseys 2 sets of riding breeches 2 overall coats 2 sets of dungarees 6 sets of woollen knee socks 3 beige knit shirts 1 set boots 1 pair of brown shoes 1 pair of gumboots or boots with leggings 1 green beret 1 melton topcoat 1 oilskin or mackintosh 2 towels a green armlet and a metal badge a bakelite hat badge Much of the women hardly ever used the full uniform and rather they wore what was comfy and/or practical to work in.</p>
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<p class="p__4">Accommodation varied from function developed hutted camps, through small hotels and hostels to personal billets. Never as large as the WLA, the WTC did have a maximum strength approximated at being between 6,000 and 13,000 at its peak size in 1943 working throughout the UK. This compared with over 51,000 men and 48,000 Italian and German detainees of war working in forestry by 1945 The corps was a mobile organisation so the workers could be posted anywhere and moved frequently as work required.</p>
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