THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 10 | Forestry - Robert Newman

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, ROBERT NEWMAN, doctoral student, UNIVERSITY OF KENT, talks about forestry and the demand for timber during the First World War. IMAGE | Agriculture in Britain during the First World War - Members of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps drive a horse-drawn sleigh to transport wood during the First World War - Nicholls Horace - Wikimedia Commons media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//57…-57393/large.jpg This is photograph Q 30718 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.