National Federation of Discharged, Sailors and Soldiers (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers (NFDDSS) was a British veterans organisation. The organisation was founded in January 1917 by various London-based veterans groups opposed to the Review of Exceptions Act, which made it possible for people invalided out of the armed forces to be re-conscripted. It adopted the slogans "Every man once before any man twice" and "Justice before charity." Although the Federation initially invited senior military figures to its meetings, they refused. The leadership was assumed by the left-wing Liberal Party MPs James Hogge and William Pringle, who fought for improved pensions and representation on relevant government committees. Thomas Lister later took over the presidency. The Federation's politics were thus broadly liberal, although there was a wide diversity of opinion.