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FORMAL RECOGNITION FOR THE BEVIN BOYS WAR CONTRIBUTION
A Badge, which formally recognises the contribution made by the Bevin Boys
who worked in the UK coalfields during and immediately after WWII, was announced
by Former Prime Minister Tony Blair in June.
Similar to the Ministry of Defence HM Armed Forces
Veterans Badge, the Badge will be available to surviving Bevin Boys including
both volunteers and those who were selected to work down the mines.
The
application process for the new lapel Badge will be introduced by the Department
for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (The former Department of Trade
and Industry) towards the end of the year, with a view to awarding the first
Badge in March 2008 to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the demobbing
of the last Bevin Boy.
"This special Badge will give recognition to
the tremendous work done and the sense of gratitude the country owes to the
Bevin Boys." - Tony
Blair, Former Prime Minister
The Bevin Boys scheme was introduced in 1943 by the Minister for Labour
and National Service, Ernest Bevin, in response to an increasing shortage
of labour in the coal mining industry. The scheme ran between 1943 and 1948
and involved recruiting men aged between 18 and 25 years to work in coal
mines rather than serve in the Armed Forces. Some 48,000 men were either
selected or volunteered under the scheme.
Famous Bevin Boys include Sir Jimmy Savile, Lord Brian Rix and the late Eric Morecambe.
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