Modern Recruitment and Training

Question 1

Changes in recruitment - 1914-18 WW1

Answer 1

1914- thousands needed to replace casualties - appeal for volunteers
1916- Military Service Act introduces conscription for all unmarried men aged 18- 41 and then later married men
1918 - conscription ends

Question 2

Changes in recruitment - 1939-45 WW2

Answer 2

1939- Military Service Act reintroduces conscription.
1941- conscription also applies to men aged up to 41 and unmarried women aged 20-30
1943- age limit increased for conscripted women increased to 51

Question 3

Changes in recruitment - 1960

Answer 3

Conscription ends.Return to permanent volunteer standing army

Question 4

Other methods of recruitment - Government propoganda

Answer 4

Encouraged men to enlist but the scale of casualties put recruits off

Question 5

Other methods of recruitment - PAL’s battalions

Answer 5

Made up of local volunteers from the same community

Question 6

Other methods of recruitment - National Service ( introduced in 1948)

Answer 6

Meant all men aged 17- 21 had to complete 18 months’ military training and service followed by 4 years in the in the Reserves.

Question 7

Recruitment of women - 1916

Answer 7

1916 - Woman worked as nurses n Voluntary Aid detachments behind the front line.

Question 8

Recruitment of women - 1917-18

Answer 8

1917-18 Woman were recruited into the armed forces in the Auxilary Corps, Women’s Royal Naval Service and the Woman’s air force

Question 9

Recruitment of women - 1941

Answer 9

1941 - Unmarried women aged 20-30 could be conscripted .The women’s voluntary Service had one millian civilian members

Question 10

Recruitment of women - 1944

Answer 10

212,000 women served in a range of uniformed military based roles

Question 11

Recruitment of women - 1992

Answer 11

Women were integrated into ‘male’ units

Question 12

Britain has developed regular professional army which currently

Answer 12

Has about 85,000 combatants

Question 13

Including the RAF and the Royal Navy, total permanent full time force s

Answer 13

About 150,000 people

Question 14

Why were women recruited into the army ?

Answer 14

Because of “Total Warfar” reauired countries to use all resources available including women.

Question 15

Recruitment in women - 2008

Answer 15

2008- 1 in 6 troops in Afghanistan were women

Question 16

British professional army had

Answer 16

Pay and conditions that matched other careers.
High tech equipment means a high level of skill and training .
Recruits sign up for 4 years.Basic training lasts 14 weeks more specialised training takes more.
Over 80% of officers join as graduates and and trainnfor about a year.
The Territorial Army or (Army Reserves) provides a trained reserve force.

Question 17

Pay meant to match other careera.In 2015,

Answer 17

Corporal - 27.000
Officer- 30,000- 100,000

Question 18

Territorial Army provides a

Answer 18

Trained reserve force.

Question 19

Britain have a standing army of how many combatants

Answer 19

85,000