Bevin Boys

Bevin Boys in United Kingdom

Bevin Boys History

48,000 conscripted men, aged 18-25, who were ordered to work in coal mines instead of joining the armed forces from December 1943. Coal mining lost 36,000 workers to the armed forces, and 10% of male conscripts were made to work in coal mining, often until 1948.


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