The British passed their second National Conscription Act on this day in 1941.
An act passed the day after the German invasion of Poland created military conscription for all men who had obtained 18 years of age and who were not yet 42, meaning that Britain was including some men who had be liable to conscription in World War One, during which the conscription age eventually went up to age 50. Exemptions were made for war work and health. Keep in mind, however, that being liable for service did not necessarily mean that a person would be called up.
The second conscription act required men up to 60s years of age to perform some war service, which included military service for men up to 51 years of age. It lifted the exemption for men under 20 years of age for foreign service. And it made unmarried women without children between the ages of 20 and 30 liable for war service at home, other than military service.
On the same day London suffered a heavy bombing raid.
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