The teenage soldiers of World War One

[annie]

As many as 250,000 boys under the age of 18 served in the British Army during World War One. Fergal Keane remembers the sacrifice they made

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29934965

[maureenho]

The Recruitment officers must have known they were under age but choose to ignore it to get their 2/6 for each recruit.

[Misspears]

It is sad reading stories like this