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Framed Print of Militiamen in training 27th July 1939 Militiamen seen here at Oswestry camp

Militiamen in training 27th July 1939
Militiamen seen here at Oswestry camp receiving training on different types of anti-aircraft gun.
The Militiamen were the result of The Military Training Act 1939 which was an Act of Parliament passed by the Conservative administration 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 the Reserve..
Men called up were to be known as militiamen to distinguish them from the regular army. To emphasise this distinction, each man was issued with a suit in addition to a uniform. The intention was for the first intake to undergo six months of basic training before being discharged into an active reserve. They would then be recalled for short training periods and attend annual camps.
There was one registration under the Act, of the first cohort of liable males, on Saturday 3 June 1939, and call-up for these men followed. © Mirrorpix

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Media ID 21841891

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Mirrorpix

Oswestry

Shropshire

England

Birmingham Post and Mail Archive

Military Training Act 1939 , Home Front WW2 UK

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