Waggoner Posted 13 August , 2023 Share Posted 13 August , 2023 This is the picture of a 1917 wedding in the UK, one of the women is wearing a triangular patch on her left sleeve. Does anyone recognized it? All the best, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullochArd Posted 13 August , 2023 Share Posted 13 August , 2023 ....... could the saws they are holding be a clue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 14 August , 2023 Share Posted 14 August , 2023 Women's General/Ground Transport/Training? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 15 August , 2023 Share Posted 15 August , 2023 I think they are members of the Womens Forestry Service. Cutters badges had a saw and crossed axes on them. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waggoner Posted 15 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 15 August , 2023 Thanks for all the replies. I have passed them on to my friend who has the photo. All the best, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted 16 August , 2023 Share Posted 16 August , 2023 It is quite likely that W G T stands for Walter George Tarrant, the well known Woking/Byfleet builder. He sent pre-fabricated huts to France and employed (sent) a company of women to assemble them. There are reports about this in both the Woking News & Mail and the Surrey Advertiser. I have the impression that this was done as he was trying to stop his workmen from being conscripted. The Surrey History Centre may be able to add more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 August , 2023 Share Posted 16 August , 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, bootneck said: It is quite likely that W G T stands for Walter George Tarrant, the well known Woking/Byfleet builder. He sent pre-fabricated huts to France and employed (sent) a company of women to assemble them. There are reports about this in both the Woking News & Mail and the Surrey Advertiser. I have the impression that this was done as he was trying to stop his workmen from being conscripted. The Surrey History Centre may be able to add more. Well done that man. Tarrant's Angels !! Western Mail 8/5/17. Courtesy Findmypast newspapers 1917 An interesting character, Tarrant. I've just been reading of the fatal trial of a 6 engined Tarrant Triplane in 1918. Charlie Edited 16 August , 2023 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waggoner Posted 16 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2023 Boot neck, Thank you! I have passed the information on. All the best, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 August , 2023 Share Posted 16 August , 2023 Another report again courtesy Findmypast newspapers may 1917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 August , 2023 Share Posted 16 August , 2023 More on this old thread: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/273257-employment-of-women-western-front-26-june-1918/#comment-2778427 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 August , 2023 Share Posted 16 August , 2023 Is the soldier getting married one of those 'wounded soldiers' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 August , 2023 Share Posted 16 August , 2023 (edited) Hansard 14/2/17 Mr. T. WILSON asked the Minister of Munitions if he is aware that Mr. W. G. Tarrant, of Byfleet, Surrey, who is building huts for the Army in France, is sending women out to assist with the work; will he state under what conditions these women are engaged; are they being paid at the same rate as men when employed on work usually done by men; do the provisions of the Munitions Acts apply to them; and what provisions are made for the housing, feeding, and general welfare of these women? Mr. FORSTER Messrs. Tarrant are employing a few women as carpenters in France as an experimental measure. They are housed in Army huts built by the contractor for them, and work under a fore- woman who is herself directly under Messrs. Tarrant's French manager. A housekeeper-cook and a lady supervisor have been engaged. The women have only been in France about a fortnight and a report will be asked for whether the work and general conditions are satisfactory. Their output and their pay is about half that of men. They do the lighter kinds of carpentry. The Munitions Act does not apply to them. Edited 16 August , 2023 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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