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The Military Training Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 25) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 26 May 1939, in a period of international tension that led to World War II. The Act applied to males aged 20 and 21 years old who were to be called up for six months full-time military training, and then transferred to ...
At the outbreak of war, on 3 September 1939, the Military Training Act was overtaken by the National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939. The first intake was absorbed into the army. This act imposed a liability to conscription to all men aged 18 to 41 years who were living in Great Britain.
It superseded the Military Training Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 25) (enacted in May of that year) and enforced full conscription on all male British subjects between 18 and 41 who were present in Great Britain, subject to certain exemptions. [2] By a royal declaration in January 1941, the term Great Britain was extended to include the Isle of ...
At the start of the Second World War, the British Army Strength stood at 897,000 men including reserves. By the end of 1939, the strength of the British Army stood at 1.1 million men, and further increased to 1.65 million men during June 1940, By the end of the war some 2.9 million men had served in the British Army. [29] [28] [30] [31]
Pages in category "Conscription in the United Kingdom" ... Military Training Act 1939; Monthly recruiting figures for the British Army in the First World War; N.
The Non-Combatant Corps (NCC) was a corps of the British Army composed of conscientious objectors as privates, with NCOs and officers seconded from other corps or regiments. . Its members fulfilled various non-combatant roles in the army during the First World War, the Second World War and the period of conscription after the Second World
27 April – the Military Training Act (coming into force 3 June) introduces conscription; men aged 20 and 21 must undertake six months military training. [ 8 ] May–September – the Sutton Hoo treasure – an Anglo-Saxon ship burial – is excavated.
An Act to postpone the commencement of the House to House Collections Act, 1939, [a] the Marriage (Scotland) Act, 1939, [b] and certain provisions of the Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939, [c] to amend sections eight and fifteen of the last mentioned Act, and to amend the provisions of section one hundred and forty of the Law of ...