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national servicemen in British Englishplural noun national serviceman national serviceman in British English (ˈnæʃənəl ˈsɜːvɪsmən) noun military, British a soldier undertaking compulsory military service Examples of 'national servicemen' in a sentencenational servicemen Many national servicemen were conscripted and paid the ultimate price.In 1945 the army's strength stood at 2,930,000 soldiers; in 1960, when the last intake of national servicemen joined up, numbers had fallen to 258,000.An average of two national servicemen lost their lives each week between 1945 and 1962 and many others were wounded or injured.As many ex-national servicemen will testify, nobody can use the word 'sir' more insultingly than a sergeant major. |