most dangerous

[claymore]

what was considered to be the most hazardous branch of the British armed services during the last war?

[dot.hawkes]

Do you mean in retrospect what branch suffered the most losses, either percentage wise or by number, or do you mean at the time which was the branch that those enlisting or being conscripted believed or percieved to be the most hazardous? i would imagine it was being in the submarines,but i have no statistics as yet.

[Quizmonster]

A Tail-End-Charlie's lot was not a happy one! (They were rear-gunners on bombers.)

[Octavius]

It depends. Some would say that flying in a British bomber during World War Two was one of the most dangerous jobs imaginable especially for the gunners as said above. Others would say that working on board a Special Service Ship (decoy vessel) was pretty hairy. If not those, then the Field Ambulance Service was not a walk in the park either.

[4GS]

From recent experience Octavius, I can tell you that being in a Field Ambulance is still not for the faint hearted

[sddsddean]

How about Bomb Disposal?

[claymore]

I`d have to agree with sddsddean, I`v just finished reading a book about the guys that defused mines and bombs during and after the war, they were the bravest of the brave

[dot.hawkes]

i donlt understand the previous answer, ssddsddean was suggesting that the bomb disposal experst may have served in the most hazardous branch of the British Armed services, your response to that claymore does not make sense.

[tubeway]

Having served in the RAMC, I know that it is the branch of the armed forces with the most VCs and 2 VC and bar

[jumbojim]

I think in general it was bomber command,as a branch of the armed forces,had about 55,000 men lost,or about 25%of all uk military losses in ww2.Which were about something like 250,000.