The Forage Corps started in 1915, before becoming a section of the Women’s Land Army, working in Great Britain and Ireland.
The number of women who worked in this section are shown below:
- March 1918 – 5,000 women workers
- At end of 1919 – 8,000
Source: IWM Q30688
Summary adapted by Stuart Antrobus from The Women’s Land Army: a Portrait (Gill Clarke)