<P> Conscription in the United Kingdom has existed for two periods in modern times . The first was from 1916 to 1920 , the second from 1939 to 1960 , with the last conscripted soldiers leaving the service in 1963 . Known as Military Service from 1916 to 1920 , the system of conscription from 1939 to 1960 was called National Service , but between 1939 and 1948 , it was often referred to as `` war service '' in documents relating to National Insurance and pension provision . </P>
when was national service abolished in the uk
1960