Everyone who could AVOID WW3 army conscription if Britain goes to war with Russia
The last conscription in the UK was more than eight decades ago during World War 2 and, like back then, certain call-up ...
The five key jobs that will not be conscripted in the UK if WW3 breaks out
"The National Service (Armed Forces) Act imposed conscription on all males aged between 18 and 41 who had to register for service. Those medically unfit were exempted, as were others in key industries ...
Five UK jobs that will not be conscripted if WW3 breaks out
By the close of 1941, women and 'all childless widows' aged 20 to 30 were conscripted, alongside men up to 51 for military ...
John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...
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Writer and comedian Mark Steel: 'Doing my car tax was more stressful than having cancer'
Mark Steel was born in 1960 in Swanley. He was adopted shortly afterwards and grew up in the Kent town with a father who worked in insurance and a housewife mum who had stints as a lollipop lady and a ...
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Ukraine war latest: Russia 'can't get a veto on peacekeepers' - as UK warns Putin will break deal without security guarantees
Join us in the morning for more updates. A member of the British Royal Family has been visiting a Baltic state today to show support for the country and the troops based there - who are providing ...
Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John 'Paddy' Hemingway, dies at 105
John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105.
Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old.
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Nine killed in WW2 bomber crash remembered
Eighty years after nine airmen lost their lives in a bomber crash in Surrey, a service to commemorate them has been held. An American Air Force B-17G flying fortress bomber crashed during bad ...