Catherine 'Kit' Punnett
Catherine "Kit" Punnett was 23 when war broke out and was living
in Rotherhithe, London where she remembers heavy bombing. She got
married in 1941 and shortly after her husband went away to war and
she didn't see him for four years.
Kit joined the Women's Land Army at the end of 1941 and was sent
to Shipley in West Sussex in early 1942 where she stayed for a
month before being sent to Buckinghamshire and later to Kent.
1. Catherine Punnett Describes her Land Army duties at a farm in Buckinghamshire
2. Catherine Punnett Describes her Women's Land Army uniform
3. Catherine Punnett Talks about the evacuation of her younger brothers and sisters
4. Catherine Punnett Describes sending air letters and receiving air letters from her husband
5. Catherine Punnett Talks about her Land Army milking duties at a farm in Shipley near Horsham
6. Catherine Punnett Talks about her Land Army wages and paying for billets
7. Catherine Punnett Talks about joining the Women's Land Army
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