Under-18s in army ‘face greater injury, death and mental health risks’

Public health charity uses damning report to call for minimum recruitment age to be raised to 18

Under-18s in army ‘face greater injury, death and mental health risks’

Amelia Hill   @byameliahill   Wayne Sharrocks as an 18-year-old serving in Afghanistan. He joined the army on his 17th birthday. Photograph: Sharrocks family   Recruiting children aged 16 and 17 into the British army places them at greater risk of death, injury and long-term mental health problems than those recruited as adults, according to a […]