DEFRA hosts Land Girl and Lumber Jill Reception
On 1st December 2014, DEFRA held an event for Land Girls and Lumber Jills. There is not much published on the event as of yet, but a collection of tweets on the DEFRA Twitter account are shown below:-
We are honoured to host veterans of the @WomensLandArmy to commemorate their contribution to #WW1 + #WW2 today. pic.twitter.com/4PlmM8qWwT — Defra UK (@DefraGovUK) December 1, 2014
Farming minister George Eustice says @WomensLandArmy was ‘crucial’ – without them country ‘would have face serious food shortages.’ — Defra UK (@DefraGovUK) December 1, 2014
Two @WomensLandArmy veterans reflect on their contribution to #ww1 + #ww2 during reception hosted by George Eustice pic.twitter.com/vLO4mOZpZD
— Defra UK (@DefraGovUK) December 1, 2014
![Zeita Trott, aged 17, in her new land girl uniform in the summer of 1942 when she joined the Women's Land Army [WLA] in Bedfordshire. She was based at Bolnhurst hostel in the north of the county and travelled out in mobile gangs each day to work on local farms. She left on medical grounds in 1945 after injury at work. She later married and became Mrs Holes.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.womenslandarmy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/zeita_trott-520x245.jpg)