<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: The British government passes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Service_Act_1916" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Military Service Act 1916">Military Service Act</a> that introduces <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Conscription in the United Kingdom">conscription in the United Kingdom</a>.<sup about="#mwt58" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_27#cite_note-10" id="mwlA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwlQ">[10]</span></a></sup>
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