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
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 […]
