Youngest age you can die for UK?

Question

What is the youngest age you could (theoretically) die for your country in the armed servives in the UK?

Answer 1

The minimum age you have to be before you can join the army is 16 years & 6 months old. However, you cannot go into battle until you are 18. The maximum is 33.

Answer 2

Theoretically 16.
In practice, I think the youngest recent death in combat was 17. I'm not so sure though. Theorectically you could join when you turn 16 (that exact day), train for 9months ish, & then be sent out to active service. However it is highly unlikely that a) your birthday is the day training starts. & b) that as soon as you get into enemy terrain you are sent to the front line, where they would probably want more experienced personnel.
In world war 1 i do remember the story of a 16yr boy dying in the trenches, but i could be wrong.
To sum up, theoretically you can join when you're 16, & be sent out to war when you are still 16. However, in practice this is probably not what will happen.

Answer 3

14 here

http://archives.tcm.ie/waterfordnews/2003/02/14/story9389.asp

nowadays, i think 17 or 18. that would be the youngest your training would be complete if joining the army at 16

Answer 4

You can join the army at 16 and soon thereafter you can be sent to a war zone. So 17 would be my guess.

Answer 5

It is 18.

Answer 6

Add training time to minimum required age for enrolling: 17 is the earliest!

Answer 7

yo yo yo check it if u die den dats against the law right so if somone is alive in the armed forces servin them country den dats ok u no what im sayin

peace out 1 luv

Answer 8

legally 18years old.