Bevin Boy 2

In December 1943, a new kind of conscript appeared across Great Britain: the Bevin Boy. Chosen by a random ballot of National Service registration numbers ending in zero or nine, these young men aged 18 to 25 were abruptly diverted from their dreams of joining the Royal Navy, Army, or RAF and sent underground to solve the nation’s desperate wartime coal shortage.

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