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Conscription in Britain, which was introduced during both world wars, continued after the end if WW2. All men over the age of 18 to register with the local authorities. They would then be called up and be sent to perform National Service in either the Army, the Royal Navy or the Royal Air Force for 18 months, later raised to to two years. They took a full part in all the military campaigns that Regular soldiers were involved in and at the end of their conscription, they were required to serve three years as a reservist. National Service was completed by over 1.5 million men and came to an end in 1960 with the last conscript leaving the Army in 1963. Not all National Servicemen joined the Armed Forces. Some did important work in the mines, they were know as Bevin boys after Ernest Bevin, who was Minister of Labour during WW2. He later become Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government.
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