I was 15 when I joined the infantry. The only reason the age went up to 16 is because they raised the school leaving age. But as the Ministry of Defence puts it 'only men of 17 and a half and over see combat'.
Or as I'd put it: 'we think you are old enough to die for this governement but not old enough to chose it'.
The Sock
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The world is in haste and nears its end – Wulfstan II Archbishop of York 1014.