In time of War and National Crisis Northern Ireland did not fail to take her full share of the effort, and bear her full share of the sacrifices and the wounds of the Mother Country.
Before commercial management was introduced, it was feared that the sort of response from dockyard management and work force experienced at times of War and National Crisis would not be as forthcoming from commercial managements.
ID card schemes, if they are to exist at all, are features of times of War and National Crisis.