Posted by Adam Quinan on September 07, 2006 at 11:22:47 from 72.136.51.111 user Adam.
In Reply to: A missing generation? (was Bob & his history) posted by Jock on September 07, 2006 at 00:01:09:
I am not doubting that it would have made a difference, I think that the cities were more hard hit, but migration from the country to the city would have evened things up. I also think the cohort would have been bigger than 20-30 because we read of very young and older men volunteering.
Interestingly enough in Ransome's books, we don't see that many single women and quite a few single men. I would have thought all the eligible men would have had no problems finding wives with the general shortageof men and excess of women. Just a reminder that they are fiction not fact.