I think this is the most likely reason why my grandads number doesn't contain his year of birth “1925” he left the raf in Nov 1943 after joining...
Reflecting on your example Tony, I have found another. The image shows his number on a card issued October 1945 as CMA 3146883. The card was...
...this was used as the basis for identity cards, rationing, conscription etc. Some National Registration Identity Cards have a number in the...
...as I can tell, when the first limitations were put on army conscription. The war diaries I have looked at for one home army regional command...
...he was 21 when he joined (if the records are correct) and the conscription of all men between 18 and 41 was in force from Sept 1939. I am...
...days after his birthday so it can be related to changes in Conscription groups. He was enrolled in the RAF long enough to have a full service...
Thanks Steve, you might be right correct there. I was also told that he had stolen his brothers identity to go to war but have yet to confirm...
...1942 when he would be turned 61. He would not be liable for conscription and at that age would not likely have been a welcome volunteer....
Thanks Steve, found there was a factory repairing aircraft also in Rochdale but no details only a name. Newbarn Engineering Company, also in...
...by women in the workplace?) and as armed services requirements increased Min of Labour likely reclassified him as available for conscription....
...Gun Corps at that time as he had became liable for compulsory conscription (in the Army) under the terms of the Military Service Act following...
...join a “local unit” voluntarily rather than being subject to conscription and being sent where required. On the outbreak of war the ability to...
...set of assets. So no, I don't think there is any chance of conscription as we know it. That said, I think there is a case for an expansion of...
...highland Scots and rural Irishmen. I don't see the need for conscription at the moment, as the current Ukraine crisis is akin to Hitler...
Although not directly about conscription, I was struck by how during the recent covid lockdowns most folks accepted and complied with the...
...from the UK's, it is difficult to draw any lessons from the conscription approach they introduced. Russia is sustaining its operations despite...
The latest conversation around conscription centres on a belief that there is a likelihood of war with Russia (at some point). I have to be...
...Before I continue, I would like to state that I don't think conscription is on the horizon. I do, however, think that stories like this are...
...been 15yrs old when war was declared and 18yrs old in 1942. Conscription (compulsory military service, with some exceptions e.g. coal miners)...
...later in the war, this for sure happened in WW1. When conscription came in in 1916 it picked up men who had prev been medically discharged,...
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