Hello everyone.
I have a card from GWR notifying my grandfather on 4.4.14 that his "services are required in connection with the working of the Railway" and that he is not therefore required to join the army at present.
However, his discharge papers show that he enlisted in Swindon 1.9.14, just 5 months later.
Any war historians out there who might know, would he have been called up so soon after receiving the card, or must it be the case that he volunteered?
I have a card from GWR notifying my grandfather on 4.4.14 that his "services are required in connection with the working of the Railway" and that he is not therefore required to join the army at present.
However, his discharge papers show that he enlisted in Swindon 1.9.14, just 5 months later.
Any war historians out there who might know, would he have been called up so soon after receiving the card, or must it be the case that he volunteered?
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