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    Bern - 18 is the youngest age a soldier serving this country can be sent into active service.

    In the wartime period I believe 17 year olds could serve in the front line but younger than that no, unless they lied about their age, something that was quite common.

    I too joined the army at 15, the Junior Leaders based in Bovington and at that age you would certainly not be allowed to serve in operational areas, that was in 1970. Though I have to say that those, like me, who volunteer to join the army at that age would have jumped at the chance, the bravado of youth. It certainly was not child abuse, we did not see ourselves as children, but young soldiers in further education for an army career. I am quite sure that Vic will agree with me on that one.

    I dont even know if there are still 'junior soldier' units of the same kind taking in 16 year olds. I hope so because it is well worthwhile.

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