British Military Recruitment Poster, WW1
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British Military Recruitment Poster, WW1
Recruitment poster, Remember Belgium. Enlist Today, 1914. Chromolithograph, poster No 19 published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, 1914. At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 the British Army was a small professional force of 270, 000, and its soldiers were stationed throughout the British Empire. In contrast, the German Army, based on universal military training, had over one million men. Lord Kitchener was appointed Secretary of State for War on 5 August 1914, and immediately began an enormous recruiting drive. This recruitment poster features a contemplative British infantryman in the foreground, with Belgian refugees and a burning village in the background, and was intended to inspire enlistment through a sense of duty. Date: 1914
Media ID 14157987
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