Women's Defence Relief Corps

Women's Defence Relief Corps
Women's Defence Relief Corps brassard
Active	1914–1918
Country	United Kingdom
Role	Women's war work and home defence
Engagements	First World War

The Women's Defence Relief Corps was a First World War voluntary organisation in the United Kingdom. It was set up to increase the number of women in employment which would release men to join the armed forces. It also had a "semi-military" section that trained women in marksmanship and military drill for home defence purposes. The corps was supported by the Board of Agriculture for a period, though it would be eclipsed by the more successful Women's Land Army.