Books about National Service

For a generation of British teenagers, being 'called up' to do two years National Service during the postwar era of the 1940s/50s was an experience that defined their young lives. These books tell a few of their stories...

 
New Edition

Erks On Parade

 

Going Nowhere

 

In Defence of the Realm

 

Letters Home - A National Servicemans Sketchbook

 

My Best Blue Days – Recollections of an RAF Airman 1952-56

 
New Edition

National Service Erk

 
New Edition

RAF National Service in Six Movements

 

RAF Plumber

 
New Edition

Return to Gan

 
New Edition
Safari Mzuri

Safari Mzuri

 
Sam Brownes Schooldays by Berwick Coates

Sam Brownes Schooldays – National Service Basic Training in the 1950s

 

The Other Royal Air Force

 

The Unknown Conscript

 
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We Blazed the Trail

 

Flying Upside Down