" So now we add a bit more meat to the bones:

1: Under the Balfour Education Act of 1902 Tommy would have left school at 15. Would you call a period of three years not long left school? To enlist in the British Army of the day as a Regular you had to be 18 - you could not be sent overseas until you were 19. As a Territorial part-timer you could join at 17, but the 19 year restriction on overseas service still applied. Now if he was "conned into joining" the Army it means he was not conscripted and according to Jom nobody volunteered after March 1916. The war started in August 1914 Jom so it looks as though your Tommy Kenny if he served in France between August 1914 and March 1916 must have joined the Army in peacetime"

No, not exactly denying it could happen. But if you look at Section 4 you will find that most underage volunteers managed to get in during 1914/15 something that you seem to overlook.

One more thing, regarding Tommy Kenny, some people know that about 70% of Army records were destroyed during WW2. Thus your argument about not finding pertinent records could be a little misleading to others.