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The document discusses the enlistment of men into the British military during World War 1. An initial voluntary scheme from November to December 1915 obtained over 318,000 single men. However, over a third of single men and over half of married men resisted enlisting. As a result, compulsory conscription was passed in January 1916, being the first time in British history. The act required all unmarried men aged 18 to 41 to either enlist, attest under the previous system, or be deemed enlisted on a certain d
- Author
- Yassi Curtis
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- EN