Raw Recruits

The 16 and 17 year old boys and girls of Army Foundation College, Harrogate are the youngest soldiers in Britain.

Allegations of bullying mean one Junior Soldier faces being kicked out for bad behaviour, while another tearful recruit wants to leave.

The discipline of army life has been a baptism of fire. But the regime is already transforming the teen recruits into young men and women.

To graduate from the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, Junior Soldiers need to be fit, disciplined and trained to kill.

The 16 and 17 year old soldiers of 7 Platoon survive outdoors for a fortnight of tactical exercises in the wilderness of Otterburn for their final stage of training.

The Junior Soldiers of 7 Platoon are now Privates in the British Army and dispersed across the length and breadth of the country to join their chosen regiments.