Military Training Act 1939

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The Military Training Act 1939 was a British law that introduced peacetime conscription for young men on the eve of the Second World War.

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Generate an image of the Military Training Act 1939 (The Military Training Act 1939 was a British law that introduced peacetime conscription for young men on the eve of the Second World War.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom legislation ⓘ
ageRange 20–21 ⓘ
appliesToDemographic male British subjects ⓘ
young men ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateEnacted 1939-05-26 ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
exemptionCategory conscientious objectors ⓘ
medical unfitness ⓘ
reserved occupations ⓘ
followedBy full wartime conscription ⓘ
hasEffect introduced peacetime conscription ⓘ
required compulsory military training ⓘ
hasTitle Military Training Act, 1939 ⓘ
historicalPeriod prelude to the Second World War ⓘ
introducedBy Neville Chamberlain government ⓘ
United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalStatus repealed ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
locationOfEnactment London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
maximumAge 21 ⓘ
minimumAge 20 ⓘ
notableFor first peacetime conscription law in British history ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom military legislation ⓘ
precededBy voluntary recruitment system ⓘ
reasonForEnactment growing threat from Nazi Germany ⓘ
preparation for possible war in Europe ⓘ
relatedTo British defence policy ⓘ
National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
repealedBy National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 ⓘ
royalAssent 1939-05-26 ⓘ
serviceBranch British Army ⓘ
Territorial Army ⓘ
serviceRequirement 6 months military training ⓘ
shortDescription British law introducing peacetime conscription for young men in 1939 ⓘ
startTime 1939 ⓘ
subjectOf conscription in the United Kingdom ⓘ
temporalContext eve of the Second World War ⓘ
typeOfConscription peacetime conscription ⓘ
yearOfAct 1939 ⓘ

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Chamberlain government → introducedMeasure → Military Training Act 1939 ⓘ
Military Training Act 1939 → hasTitle → Military Training Act, 1939 ⓘ
linked to: Military Training Act 1939
National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 → relatedTo → Military Training Act 1939 ⓘ