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Apparently in WWI, the British created a special unit of soldiers under 5'3" after a coal miner rejected for his height went to a recruiting office and offered to fight anyone there. Six men were required to remove him. pic.twitter.com/UjUqi88DVf

— Fox (@Atlanteanfox) October 13, 2022

 I read of the Bantam Battalions some fifty years ago in the late lamented World of Wonder.