Re: Twice rejected by the Army

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:00:26 GMT, Bob - remove cap to reply wrote:


Under Lloyd George it was replaced by succesive Military Service Acts with
conscription schemes, but the legacy of attestation forms remained, and
remained a key part of their service record.
<http://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/derbyscheme.htm>

Bob

The Canadian Archives actually has their Attestation forms online at
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/cef/001042-100.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=b5nhgavlq5hipdu11hhs09cdh4

Hope that comes out OK otherwise I'll have to tinyurl it.

I find these forms very interesting as quite a lot of these young men still
had family back in Britain and the N-O-K is often a Mother, Father or
sibling at an address this side of the pond. A description of the person is
given, details of any previous service and also whether they consented to
being vaccinated or not (an early CYA clause?)

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Terry
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