The Women's Timber Corps (WTC) was a British civilian organisation created during the Second World War to work in forestry, replacing men who had left to join the armed forces.

[14] The work was heavy and arduous[7] but there was a grudging acceptance from farmers and foresters that the women of the WTC were as good as the men they had replaced.

[17] The overall wages though was lower than the national average of just over 62 shillings per week (equivalent to £170 in 2023) being earned by women in industry during the later war years.

[19] In 2007, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced that all surviving members of the WTC would be entitled to wear a new badge to commemorate their service in the Corps.

[21] On Remembrance Day 2012, BBC Countryfile broadcast a tribute to the work of the WTC with veteran members, filmed in the Forest of Dean.

[22] On 10 October 2007 Forestry Commission Scotland unveiled a national memorial to the women of the WTC in the form of a life size bronze sculpture by Malcolm Robertson.