- Contributed by听
- earthhist
- People in story:听
- George H Johnston
- Location of story:听
- Derby
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A8640948
- Contributed on:听
- 18 January 2006
During the Battle of Britain in 1940, George tried to volunteer.
George was called up when the call up was for everyone under 30. Teaching had been a reserved occupation until then.
Before that happened, he went to volunteer when it was obvious that call up would occur, as he thought he might get a better choice of war service if he volunteered. At the recruiting office he was told they might "need a man" in the navy. He was too academically qualified for any of the jobs on the list at the recruiting office: they tried to match people to jobs to some extent. ((But there were a lot of mismatches: 2 of the most intelligent people George knew, who were destined for RAF intelligence, spent a long time being mess orderlies.))
George therefore waited for call up.
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