National Service Act, 1948
( WWII ) NATIONAL SERVICE., UK.
THE EXTENTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE
Published: HMSO, 1948
Stock code: 44508
Price: £40.00
56pp., 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, front wrapper creased else a very good, bright, clean copy.
Act of Parliament 11 & 12 Geo.6. Ch. 64. The aim of the 1948 Act was to extend National Service (instituted in the 1939 Act at the outbreak of WWII) to post-war Britain, since it was felt that the uncertainties of the post-war world called for armed services larger than could be achieved by means of the usual volunteer recruitment. In the event, National Service continued right through to the Swinging Sixties, having a profound effect on social culture and attitudes. The last call-ups entered in November 1960. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.