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In pictures: Kent's brave land girls

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 16:54, 28 January 2008

A "lumber Jill" takes care of the county's woodland
Fancy a pint? The girls gather in East Kent's hops in September 1940
Happy work as the girls help to remove barbed wire as the war ends
Land girls plough the field in Borstal, 1947
The land girls help with the harvest at Hollingbourne

Former members of the Women’s Land Army and Women’s Timber Corps are to be honoured by the Government in recognition of their service during the two world wars.

Here are some images of the women who dedicated themselves to keeping the county going in times of conflict.

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