UNDERAGE SOLDIERS OF WW1 Five teenagers — only fifteen years old — killed on the battlefields of the Great War. During the First World War, thousands of boys lied about their age to enlist. Too young to shave. Too young to vote. Too young to die. Yet they went — driven by patriotism, adventure, or simply a desire to stand beside their fathers and brothers. This is the story of five boys, all aged just 15, who gave their lives in the Great War. Private Samuel Harry Chickegian Service Number: 2393