BRITISH MINERS / Post WW2: Bevin Boys – Youths Drafted into Mines, 1945 / PIX-K
Bevin Boys – British Youths Drafted into Mines, 1945-1948. Many of them were not released from service until well over two years after the Second World War ended. Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader, and Labour politician.