My late mother, Edna Barton (seen here on left in her Women’s Timber Corps Uniform). Her maiden name was Harris (but was widowed previously so also known as Edna Packwood).
From her service record, I discovered:-
1. She joined the Women’s Land Army (WLA) in 1942.
2. She was transferred to the Women’s Timber Corps (WTC) 28.1.1943
3. She left shortly after her basic Timber Corps training 23.4.1943. Her training took place at the training camp in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.
It has always been a mystery why she left and what she did afterward, that is before she met and married my father in late 1945.
Is there anybody out there who can throw any light on this matter in any way at all?
Any information on the Women’s Timber Corps in Bury St Edmunds would be great?
Bramblings 