This is a video explaining conscription in Britain in World War One.
It starts with when the war is first announced, when everyone was very patriotic and rushed to apply for the military. Soon, the government realises that the number of new applications for service would not meet the requirements they needed due to the huge number of casualties. The war was spreading fast and the amount of men who volunteered just simply weren't enough, so they decided to introduce conscription.
At first it applied only to single men aged eighteen to forty-one, then soon it was extended to apply to married men also. The video goes on to explain the men who conscription did not apply to.
Please click on the link to view the video :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkck_5RqfLw
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