National Insurance numbers and conscription

[Rostfritt]

Sounds like a load of rubbish. I've heard the last letter does tell you what day you have to turn up in the week if you are signing on, A-Monday B-Tuesday C-Thurs D-Friday. I have also heard it was something to do with how your NI 'Stamp' was submitted. The first two don't exactly say when you were born as they used to reserve a few on the first birth in a family, so mine and my brother's start the same but his ends 6A and mine 7B. Also all NI issued ones start BT. Beside that it is a random unique identifier for anyone over 16 who has ever been resident in the UK.

[uuf361]

My Grandad's is A (I know this as I filled in a form for him yesterday!)and he's 93 (admittedly he has served but not since 1945!)....I'm not convinced he'd be able to do the things he did back then now.

Consequently, I'm not sure this one is true.

[98elise]

uuf361 said:

My Grandad's is A (I know this as I filled in a form for him yesterday!)and he's 93 (admittedly he has served but not since 1945!)....I'm not convinced he'd be able to do the things he did back then now.

Consequently, I'm not sure this one is true.

Mine is C.

When the Gulf War kicked off I'd recently left the forces, so I got a letter asking me to volunteer to come back. The letter said if I did then I would be UK based, but if I was recalled then I would be front line!

I hope your Grandad got his letter before me

[anonymous-user]

I'm a twin. Mine and my brother's NI numbers are identical except his ends in 00 A and mine in 01 B. Try and conscript me, motherfkers, I'll get all Mrs Ryan on your ass.

[hman]

mine ends in V - happy days!

[L1OFF]

The suffix dates back to when contributions were recorded on cards which were returned annually, staggered throughout the tax year. “A” meant the card was to be returned in March; “B” in June; “C” in September and “D” in December. Although contribution cards are no longer used, the suffix has remained an integral part of the NINO.

[Zerotonine]

My elder brother has his ending 40A, mine 41B and younger sister 42C, rest of the number is identical.

[Old Merc]

I`m 67 and my number ends A which is the same as my 47 year old son and he is ex Army,1st Gulf War Vet.

That brings me to a crazy situation regarding Ni numbers in my family.
My son was stationed in Germany for many years during his Army life.My grandson was born and brought up there.
My grandson came to the UK many times for entry tests,passed all the necessary and was accepted for training with the Para`s.Just before starting it was realised that he did not have a NI number because he had lived in Germany all his life.Now then you would have thought it a simple task to get one.He had a UK passport,his father was ex British Army,etc etc.He had to make an appointment at a job centre in the UK,fly over from Germany,sit with all the East European job hunters and wasters,have an interview to prove who he was,bring silly bits of paperwork,loads of stuff.Even though he had an official form from the MOD congratulating him on being accepted to the Para`s.The lady there said it was the first time she ever had an application from someone with a UK passport,and it still took six weeks for the number to arrive, !!!

RANT OVER.

Edited by Old Merc on Tuesday 20th January 14:46

[Rostfritt]

hman said:

mine ends in V - happy days!

You might want to check that.

[Hayek]

ChemicalChaos said:

Just had an interesting conversation in the bank whilst filling out my NI number on a form. According to the.financial advisor chap, the single letter at the end of your number denotes the order/priority in which you would be conscripted in the event of another total world war. A would be the first set called up, then B etc.
Although it sounded plausible, having tried to Google it there is nothing butn supposition about it online. Also, my number as a 23 year old male ends in the same letter as my 58 year old mother, which seems unlikely if it is to do with conscription priority.

Can anyone confirm or refute this theory with an evidence based link?

I heard this from someone a few weeks ago, just came across this thread. So there's some kind of urban myth doing the rounds.

Or maybe it could be true but apply only to men 16-40?

[talksthetorque]

They all stand for something
Mine ends in A - I'm Adpoted.
I know someone who's number ends in B - she was a breech birth
I know someone who's ends in C, and he was a child when he was born.
And I have a friend who is a bit of a Dick. You guessed it.

[Vipers]

BS.

[FredClogs]

Mine's K... Which I've been reliably informed by my Yoga teacher stands for "kool dude"

[talksthetorque]

Can't see why there is a conspiracy theory.

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[The Moose]

Vipers said:

BS.

You only get 1 letter.

[anonymous-user]

Gammon

[98elise]

Bluebarge said:

Sounds like total cobblers. You keep the same NI number for life so, by that theory, I will still be first in line for a call-up if I'm lucky enough to reach 85 - I'm more than half-way there, and still an "A" - Putin must be bricking it...

Agreed. If there were a need to call people up it would be done by age, ability, and skills. A random letter dividing the population into 26 groups would be completely useless.

I suspect the OP's financial advisor believes in chemtrails as well.

[glenrobbo]

98elise said:

I suspect the OP's financial advisor believes in chemtrails as well.

Chemtrails are real:



That is irrefutable truth.

[Cold]

glenrobbo said:

Chemtrails are real:



That is irrefutable truth.

That's just a cock and balls story.

[captain_cynic]

Bradgate said:

I'm calling Urban Myth, unless someone can come up with some evidence to substantiate this.

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HMRC's website said:

The suffix dates back to when contributions were recorded on cards which were returned annually, staggered throughout the tax year. “A” meant the card was to be returned in March; “B” in June; “C” in September; and “D” in December. Although contribution cards are no longer used, the suffix has remained an integral part of the NINO.

So yep, Urban Myth. I'm an "A" but not really conscript material.

Attributing to this post

markmullen said:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/nimmanual/nim39110....