National Service Call UP Papers 1952

[Flying10uk]

I'm not sure if anyone is interested to see these, some of my late father's National Service, Army, call up papers from 1952 which landed on the doormat when he was 18 years old, during the Korean war. Presumably there was also a form that had to be filled in and handed/sent in.

The 2 pages of notes are on both sides of the papers but just look what happened if you tried to get out of National Service by making a false statement, 3 months in prison and or a £50 fine.

I assume that my father was driven to the medical by car as my family owned a car, hence the travel permit is unused.

The result of the medical was the highest level of disability due to injuries received in WW2 and unfit for any military service. This didn't automatically mean exemption from National Service, just that he was told to return in 6 months for a second medical which had the same results and the army were satisfied that they didn't require the services of my father.

If my father had just ignored the call up papers below he would have been arrested by the police and sent to prison. When he responded to them he was fully expecting to join the army and serve his country in Korea.

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