National polls show growing public support from raising UK army recruitment age
October 2014
A nationwide poll conducted in July 2014 by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd found that 78 per cent of respondents who expressed a view thought the minimum enlistment age for the Army should be 18 or above. Just 14 per cent of respondents thought the minimum age should be 16 (as it currently is) or less.
An identically worded poll conducted in April 2013 by ICM found 70 per cent of respondents who expressed a view thought the minimum enlistment age should be 18 or above, with 20 per cent supporting 16 or younger.
See data from 2018.
Engage: the Military and Young People – discussion points
2014

Gender & Militarism: Analyzing the Links to Strategize for Peace
2014

How did Britain let 250,000 underage soldiers fight in WW1?
2014

Peace Education Network

Teach Peace pack
revised 2016

ForcesWatch submission to Defence Select Committee inquiry on Military Casualties
March 2014
ForcesWatch's submission to the Defence Select Committee inquiry on Military Casualties draws on our research published in The Last Ambush.
Presentations from the Militarisation in Everyday Life in the UK conference
November 2013

Camouflage Kids: How the military affects young people’s lives
November 2013

Journeys in the Spirit: Quakers and the military
June 2013

The Last Ambush? Aspects of mental health in the British armed forces
October 2013

Militarisation in everyday life in the UK

The military’s influence in UK education
2013

‘Catch them young before the army loses them’
2013

Young age at Army enlistment is associated with greater war zone risks: An analysis of British Army fatalities in Afghanistan
August 2013
This paper, published by ForcesWatch and Child Soldiers International, indicates that the risk of fatality in Afghanistan for British Army recruits aged 16 and completed training has been twice as high as it has for those enlisting at 18 or above.