Updated from when first available on Ancestry in September last year—then there were 91,069 records, now 120,773.
The Women’s Land Army was established to help the UK boost its wartime food production.
This collection includes the following details, transcribed and linked to images of the original, often with additional information:
Name
Any known aliases, including maiden names
Address
Employment county
Employment place
Birthdate
Age at enrollment
Date of enrollment
Occupation
Date of employment
Date of release
WLA membership number
Are there more to come? One source claims the WLA employed over 200,000 women between June 1939 and November 1950.
Thank you John for the update. I have pictures of family in the Women’s Land Army and they have not featured in the indices yet. Still a great resource to ascertain what our forbears did on the home front during the war.
Good Morning Mr. REID
I have a different yet similar problem. My mother drove an ambulance as a a volunteer through the worst of the blitz. She was in uniform and therefore part of an organization. I know she served late 1939-1942.
Any lists that you know of that might shed light on missing details.
Thanks
STW
Will go and explore this collection again…so far, no hits for anyone from my families…