Women's Land Army

Vernon Coaker MP

I’m the Labour Member of Parliament for Gedling. I’m also Under Secretary of State in the Home Office.

The Borough of Gedling includes the towns of Arnold and Carlton and the surrounding parishes. It borders Sherwood Forest to the north, the River Trent to the southeast and the City of Nottingham to the southwest.

The wards covered in my constituency are Bonington, Burton Joyce, Carlton, Carlton Hill, Daybrook, Gedling, Kingswell, Killisick, part of Lambley, Mapperley Plains, Netherfield, Phoenix, Porchester, St James,Valley, St Mary’s, Stoke Bardolph and Woodthorpe.

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Recognition for the Women’s Land Army

The Government has announced that there will be formal recognition for wartime women who worked on the land. The effort of the Women’s Land Army and Women’s Timber Corps will be recognised with a specially designed badge commemorating their service and acknowledging the debt that the country owes to them.

If you were in the Women’s Land Army or Women’s Timber Corps and live in Gedling constituency please get in touch with Vernon Coaker’s office. You can phone Vernon's office on 0115 9204224 or write to 2A Parkyn Road, Daybrook, Nottingham, NG5 6BG with your name and address for more information about how to apply for a badge.

If you do not live in the Gedling constituency and would like to apply for a badge please contact your own MP.

Click here for futher information http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2007/071206a.htm

Promoted by Chris Lennie, Acting General Secretary, the Labour Party,on behalf of the Labour Party, both at 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0HA.
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