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Preserving the History of Coddenham

Mrs B S Kirk WW2 recollections

by | May 12, 2020

Mrs B S Kirk (nee Walker) Sacramento, California, USA

The Timber Corps Girls

“Many letters regarding the women who served in the armed forces have recently appeared in your magazine. However, little or nothing has been printed about the girls who worked in the “lumber” industry. We did everything and anything – my job at the age of 16 was that of tractor and truck driver. I enclose a group picture of the Timber Corps I was in, which was taken in about 1942 at Coddenham, near Ipswich in Suffolk….”

The Timber Corps Girls. From an article in This is England Spring 1988.

Photo: Coddenham Timber Corps . At least three of these girls married locally & lived the rest of their lives here in the village

 

Further Info

Item Date: 1942-xx-xx

Item Location: Coddenham

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