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Women's Timber Corps based at Glenkindie House

Women's Timber Corps based at Glenkindie House

Date Added: 14 November 2007 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1942 Picture No: 281

Photograph courtesy of Margaret Angus(nee Stewart), Huntly.
Glenkindie House in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire was a base and living quarters for groups of the Timber Corps over the war period 1942 to 1946.
The individuals within this group are:

1.Miss Harrod(England),
2.Betty Maclean (Glasgow) see comments,
3.Margaret Winton(Glasgow),
4.Isobel Knox(Edinburgh),
5.Morag Gordon(Glasgow),
6.Betty Hastings(Poss Edinburgh),
7.Margaret Stewart(m.Angus)(Pitlochry),
8.Nan Kerr(Glasgow),
9. Vera Knox(Sister of 4),
10.Jenny Milne or Mill?(Edinburgh),
11.Alice Muir(Anstruther),
12.Miss Garden -I/C Glenkindie group(Aberdeen),
13.Betty Jack - House Orderly(Fife),
14.Miss Davidson - Cook(Aberdeen),
15.Betty Yule(Fife),
16.Nettie Grey(Edinburgh),
17.Peggy Anderson(Edinburgh),
18.Lizzy Bell,
19.Gladys Donald (m.Coutts)(Skene),
20.Jean Hadden - House Orderly(Elgin),
21.Ann Rankin(Poss Edinburgh). Click on larger photograph.

Please e-mail below to correct names, spelling add information or if you wish to contact Margaret Angus (nee Stewart).

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Groups: Groups of people, Northeast Scotland , Women's Timber Corps - Timber Jills

3 Comments

Just come across your web page whilst doing some family research. Woman number 2 was my mother Betty Mclean from Glasgow. She has been dead a few years now but always spoke about her time in timber corps with great affection. I have this same photo with her belongings. Comment left on 02 November 2009 at 10:22 by Anne Smith
I'm a features writer for the P&J in Aberdeen and putting together an extended piece on the Lumberjills of the war in the north and north-east. Do get in touch if you have any details! Comment left on 25 February 2019 at 15:53 by Philippa Gerrard
What a lovely photograph. I am a friend of one of the ladies in the picture and know that she will be happy to see it and all her old friends. Comment left on 14 March 2020 at 12:53 by June Guild
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