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This booklet tells the story of some of the essential
materials required for the war effort duringWorldWar I.
The stories give us insight into the workforce that
helped produce the necessary Timber, Ships,
Aeroplanes and Munitions –
especially women
who, from
1914–1918, were directly employed in the war effort for
the first time in British history.
C H A P T E R
PA G E
I
.
T I M B E R
I
:
A war reliant on wood
2
II
.
T I M B E R
I I
:
Warplanes of wood
12
III
.
C ORD I T E
AND
THE
GRE T NA
G I R L S
19
IV
.
S T E E L
A N D
T H E
C LY D E S I D E
WO R K E R S
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MATERIALS
of
WAR