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Jimmy Scoular wrote:It is estimated that up to 250 000 soldiers who fought in WW1 were under 16.I looked at the grave of a 14 year old Irish boy in France. At the entrance to the cemetery there was a grave finder book so families could locate their relatives gravestones.The boy was called Condon in the book there was a written note presumably from a family member stating that he had enlisted at 12 and had served in the trenches for two years before being killed. If you were a man boy it was quite easy to enlist. Recruitment sergeants were not too picky when it come to cooking the books.