Raw Recruits

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

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.