Managers at Cunard Shell Works, Rimrose Road, Bootle, Merseyside
Conscription into the armed forces was introduced in Britain in early 1916 for men aged between 18 and 40, rising to 55 after the Battle of the Somme (1916) resulted in a million casualties. These managers may be exempt. This could be due to their age or health. Alternatively they may have been considered essential to the production of munitions to fight the war.
