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Women's Lumber Corps, A member of the Women's Timber Corps stripping bark from a felled tree to be utilized as a telegraph pole. Abbreviation, WTCEstablished1942Dissolved1946Region served UK, Personnel (1943) 6,000 13,000 The Women's Timber Corps (WTC) was a British civilian organisation produced during the Second World War to operate in forestry, changing males who had actually delegated join the militaries.

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Development [edit] Formed in 1942, the origins of the WTC go back to the First World War, when the Women's Lumber Service had been formed to assist with the war effort. In 1940 to solve a labour shortage and an increased demand for timber the Forestry Commission began recruiting women both as forestry employees but also to work in sawmills.

Organisation [edit] Two members of the WTC cutting pit props throughout their standard training at Culford As a lot of the women who had joined the Forestry Commission came from the WLA, the WLA took control of the administration and recruitment for the WTC and although the WTC was formally part of the WLA it retained a different identity.

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A complete set of package included:- 2 green jerseys 2 pairs of riding breeches 2 total coats 2 sets of dungarees 6 pairs of woollen knee socks 3 beige knit t-shirts 1 set boots 1 pair of brown shoes 1 pair of gumboots or boots with leggings 1 green beret 1 melton topcoat 1 oilskin or mackintosh 2 towels a green armlet and a metal badge a bakelite hat badge Many of the females hardly ever wore the complete uniform and instead they used what was comfortable and/or useful to operate in.

Lodging ranged from purpose constructed hutted camps, through small hotels and hostels to private billets. Never as large as the WLA, the WTC did have an optimal strength approximated at being between 6,000 and 13,000 at its peak size in 1943 working throughout the United Kingdom.  Found Here  compared to over 51,000 guys and 48,000 Italian and German detainees of war working in forestry by 1945 The corps was a mobile organisation so the employees could be published anywhere and moved regularly as work needed.