Land Army Girls, East Devon

Land Army Girls, East Devon

Photograph taken 1917-1918 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: BB98/05720

Land Army girls wearing white overalls and black armbands gather kindling with a horse and cart. Possibly taken in Luppitt or Combe Raleigh parishes.

Location

Period

World War One (1914 - 1919)

Themes

Interior showing women and girls at work. The majority are seated at tables preparing fruit. Others are standing at a wooden shelf to one side sieving fruit. In the foreground are tubs of apples awaiting preparation.

Women at Work

Tags

rural work worker people women war land army horse cart world war one (1914 - 1919) world one first ww1 wwi