douglynn Posted 23 August , 2015 Share Posted 23 August , 2015 Guys I have a boy of 18 served 14 days hard labour for false info on attestation, in 1905 what would he have been signed up for at that time thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 23 August , 2015 Share Posted 23 August , 2015 It depends which branch of the army he was in. Infantry terms of enlistment were seven years with the Colours and five with the reserve. It looks as if he may have lied about his age and been found out, but I don't think he would have been sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour just for that. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglynn Posted 23 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 23 August , 2015 Thanks this was just a prison record and just states false statement He later joined re Thomas Francis othen 173857 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 23 August , 2015 Share Posted 23 August , 2015 Just found thishttp://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1906/mar/13/soldiers-in-civil-prisons Two soldiers in civil jail for false answers on enlistment. Read the reply from Haldane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglynn Posted 23 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 23 August , 2015 How strange wonder if same boy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 23 August , 2015 Share Posted 23 August , 2015 I do wonder what the false statement was and whom was annoyed by it. To get gaol for false enlistment is rare as you can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 24 August , 2015 Share Posted 24 August , 2015 The age question wasn't one which is marked as being liable to being subject to imprisonment with hard labour, it's only questions 7 - 13 (7, re apprenticeship, 8 re marriage, 9 re previous imprisonment, 10-13, various questions about any current or previous military service). For an 18 year old, I'd imagine apprenticeship, or previous trouble with the law would be the most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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