First World War Gallery

Digging over land outside Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall for potato planting. January 1917

A group of men and women preparing to dig over land adjoining Old County Hall for potato planting during the First World War. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

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Cornish, Cornwall County Council, Great, Wartime, Ww1, Wwi

Group photograph with members of the First World War Women's Land Army, Tregavethan Farm, Truro, Cornwall. 1917

Women's Land Army Girls grouped in front of a hay cart with a soldier, Mr Alfred Martin (Tregavethan's owner, holding the dog's paw), Mrs Martin (seated directly behind the dog) and a nurse in uniform. The names of the girls are unknown and their uniforms consist of boots, gaiters, felt hats and pale fabric overalls. Some of the girls are wearing black armbands. Tregavethan was a Women's Land Army training centre during the First World War. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

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Members of the First World War Women's Land Arm. Tregavethan Farm, Truro, Cornwall. 1917

Members of the Women's Land Army riding workhorses. From left to right the names of the women are thought to be: Ms. Trejeweth and Ms. Nora Lock, Ms. I. Crowther and Ms. Dorothy Phyllis Martin, Ms. Vera Dunfrane and Ms. Northey, Ms. Brown and unknown. The lady holding the right hand horse is Mrs. Ford. There is an additional saddle in the foreground. The women's uniform consists of boots, gaiters, felt hats and pale fabric overalls. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

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