BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br /> Pic:   HistoryPress/BNPS<br /> <br /> Ann Moffat sitting around a smoky campfire with other Lumberjills on the Isle of Wight.<br /> <br /> These inspiring photos tell the little known story of the patriotic women who chopped down trees to help us win the Second World War.<br /> <br /> When war was declared in September 1939 Britain was almost completely dependent on imported timber and only had seven months worth of it stockpiled.<br /> <br /> With men being sent to the front line in their droves, the Woman's Timber Corps was established to fell trees, operate sawmills and run forestry sites.<br /> <br /> About 15,000 women, some as young as 14, volunteered to carry out the arduous tasks previously done by men.
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