In the 18th/19th centuries, it was by receiving the Kings/Queens shilling that you were signed up to become a soldier. Many discovered the shilling that had been dropped into their beer jugs and thus found themselves ‘volunteering’ for military service…
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Kit Exchange
There’s nothing worse than trying to soldier on with kit that’s in clip. I remember the dread of going to exchange kit at the stores and it was like trying to get blood out of a stone!