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Title:
'Your Son and the Army', National Service information leaflet, 1959
Object name(s):
leaflet
Brief description:
'Your Son and the Army', 1959. Information leaflet, 1959. A leaflet issued to the parents and families of men undertaking National Service. This leaflet was received by the parents of Rifleman (later Lieutenant-General) Peter Duffnell in December 1959. One section of the leaflet deals with the reasons behind National Service, ‘Because of the unsettled times in which we live, our country, in common with many others, has an obligation to assist in keeping the peace. Our commitments require us to maintain defence forces in many places throughout the world and it is impracticable to maintain a standing army of sufficient size to do this’.
Collection:
National Army Museum
Associated concept:
Archives
Current location:
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object name:
leaflet
Object number:
NAM. 2003-02-328-7
Right type:
National Army Museum, London

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/39380f30-6cae-3533-88da-fe6b04ea3193

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/39380f30-6cae-3533-88da-fe6b04ea3193, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC

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