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Background imageEnlist Collection: WWI Poster, The Empire Needs Men

WWI Poster, The Empire Needs Men
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, design by Arthur Wardle (1864-1949), The Empire Needs Men! Enlist Now. Depicting a lion and cubs, representing Britain and her Empire. Date: 1915

Background imageEnlist Collection: British Royal Navy recruitment poster, WW1

British Royal Navy recruitment poster, WW1
A British Royal Navy recruitment poster for seamen, aged 19 to 30, to enlist for the duration of the First World War. No previous experience necessary. Date: circa 1915

Background imageEnlist Collection: Forward! Enlist Now

Forward! Enlist Now
FORWARD ! Forward to victory - enlist now. A soldier charges on a black horse

Background imageEnlist Collection: Territorial Army Poster

Territorial Army Poster
A recruitment poster for encouraging new recruits to enlist in the British Territorial Army, stressing the camaraderie of being one of the Lads of the Village

Background imageEnlist Collection: Recruitment poster, The Royal Marines

Recruitment poster, The Royal Marines. 20th century

Background imageEnlist Collection: WWI Poster, Is your home here? Defend it

WWI Poster, Is your home here? Defend it
Is your home here? Defend it! Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster with a map showing the different regiments and HQs where men can enlist. Date: 1916

Background imageEnlist Collection: WWI Poster, Remember Scarborough

WWI Poster, Remember Scarborough
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Remember Scarborough! Great Britains resolve to crush the German Barbarians. Enlist Now! Date: 1915

Background imageEnlist Collection: British Military Recruitment Poster, WW1

British Military Recruitment Poster, WW1
Recruitment poster, Its Our Flag. Fight for it. Work for it, 1914 (c). Chromolithograph after a pastel drawing by Guy Lipscoyne, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Poster No 107

Background imageEnlist Collection: WWI Poster, If the cap fits you, join the Army today

WWI Poster, If the cap fits you, join the Army today
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, If the Cap fits you, join the Army today. Date: 1915

Background imageEnlist Collection: Remember Belgium Poster

Remember Belgium Poster
A WWI recruitment poster stirring memories of the horrors of the German invasion of Belgium to encourage young men to enlist in the armed forces

Background imageEnlist Collection: WW1 poster, Enlist in the Navy, All Together - Allied sailors of six nationalities

WW1 poster, Enlist in the Navy, All Together - Allied sailors of six nationalities. Date: 1917

Background imageEnlist Collection: Poster, Your King and Country Need You

Poster, Your King and Country Need You, Enlist Now. Encouraging people to join up and fight in the First World War. circa 1914-1915

Background imageEnlist Collection: Recruitment poster, The Royal Marines

Recruitment poster, The Royal Marines -- Thats the life! 20th century

Background imageEnlist Collection: Operators of small boats enlist now! US Coast Guard

Operators of small boats enlist now! US Coast Guard. Poster encouraging boat owners to enlist in the US Coast Guard at the Recruiting Station, 146 Baronne St. New Orleans, La

Background imageEnlist Collection: Recruitment poster for the British Army

Recruitment poster for the British Army, showing four laughing and smiling soldiers marching along in their kilts, with rifles over their shoulders. Line up, boys! Enlist today

Background imageEnlist Collection: WW1 poster, 20th London Regiment

WW1 poster, 20th London Regiment
WW1 recruitment poster, 20th London Regiment (HQ Holly Hedge House, Blackheath), Praise for Territorials. Join your own local battalion at once. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageEnlist Collection: Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills, WW1

Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills, WW1
Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills for Active Service, showing a man undergoing an army medical examination during the early stages of the First World War. Date: 1914

Background imageEnlist Collection: WW1 - Recruitment Poster - York Railway Station

WW1 - Recruitment Poster - York Railway Station
WW1 - A series of Recruitment posters calling on Men of the North to join the Armed forces - York Railway Station, 1914. A large noticeboard with a message urging me to join up

Background imageEnlist Collection: WWI Poster, Enlist Today (Welsh version)

WWI Poster, Enlist Today (Welsh version)
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse. (Lord Kitchener) Enlist Today (Welsh version). Date: 1916

Background imageEnlist Collection: WWI Poster, The Recruiting Sergeant

WWI Poster, The Recruiting Sergeant
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Recruiting Sergeant, shown beckoning for men to join him. Date: 1915

Background imageEnlist Collection: British Army recruitment poster

British Army recruitment poster
Recruitment poster for the British Army. A smiling man in uniform asks: Have you a relation or friend serving?

Background imageEnlist Collection: US Navy Poster / Wwi

US Navy Poster / Wwi
A recruitment poster for the US Navy during World War One, showing the American eagle flanked by sailors

Background imageEnlist Collection: WW1 poster, Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men. Date: circa 1917

WW1 poster, Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men. Date: circa 1917

Background imageEnlist Collection: WW1 recruitment poster with silhouettes

WW1 recruitment poster with silhouettes
World War One recruitment poster with silhouettes -- Remember! England Expects -- the Need is Great Today.... the Navy requires you for its glorious service. Join today

Background imageEnlist Collection: WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette

WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette
World War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- Loyal Talk Won t Beat Kaiser, Krupp, Kultur, Trained Men Will! Enlist Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle. 1914-1918

Background imageEnlist Collection: Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters, machinists, electri

Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters, machinists, electricians etc.. Poster encouraging skilled laborers to join the Seabees as part of the war effort. Date between 1941 and 1943

Background imageEnlist Collection: British recruitment poster, An Appeal To You, WW1

British recruitment poster, An Appeal To You, WW1
British recruitment poster, design by Alfred Leete, An Appeal To You, April 1915, First World War. 1915

Background imageEnlist Collection: RMS Lusitania - WW1 recruitment poster

RMS Lusitania - WW1 recruitment poster Remember the Lusitania, it is your duty to take up the Sword of Justice, enlist today'. 19 x 29 inches

Background imageEnlist Collection: RAF volunteers signing on to be pilots, WW2

RAF volunteers signing on to be pilots, WW2
RAF volunteers signing on to be pilots Date: circa 1941

Background imageEnlist Collection: American Troops Leaving New York for Training 1917

American Troops Leaving New York for Training 1917
On 6th April 1917, the United States declared war against Germany and thousands of American troops enlisted. Photograph showing American troops receiving a large send-off in New York. Date: 1917

Background imageEnlist Collection: American Troops Leaving for War Training Camp 1917

American Troops Leaving for War Training Camp 1917
On 6th April 1917, the United States declared war against Germany, the nation had a standing army of 127, 500 officers and soldiers

Background imageEnlist Collection: Testing Recruits for Boer War 1901

Testing Recruits for Boer War 1901
Potential recruits in front of a doctors for a medical to join the Yeomanry in the war in South Africa. Date: February 1901

Background imageEnlist Collection: Lord Kitchener at a recruiting office, WW1

Lord Kitchener at a recruiting office, WW1
Lord Kitchener with the Lord Mayor at a recruiting office, addressing a crowd of people outside in the street, First World War. circa 1914-1916

Background imageEnlist Collection: Woman enlisting in Women's Battalion, Russia, WW1

Woman enlisting in Women's Battalion, Russia, WW1
Woman on her way to enlist in the Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, to fight alongside the men during the First World War

Background imageEnlist Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Nuetra bandera

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Nuetra bandera La de Espana! Alistaos en el Requete! (Our Flag, the Spanish One! Join the Requete!). Carlist poster

Background imageEnlist Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Alistaos en las

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Alistaos en las milicias del POUM (Join the POUM militia). Poster by Siwe (1936)

Background imageEnlist Collection: Page of adverts for women 1941

Page of adverts for women 1941
Page of two adverts. Left ad from Ats, - Auxiliary Territorial Service, promoting active service for vital roles during the Second World War for women

Background imageEnlist Collection: Volunteers for British Army during the Boer War

Volunteers for British Army during the Boer War
A batch of potential recruits drawn up in front of the recruiting Depot at St Georges Barracks, London. Photograph showing the average representation of the youth of the British Nation

Background imageEnlist Collection: WW1 poster, I Want You for the Navy - promotion for anyone enlisting

WW1 poster, I Want You for the Navy - promotion for anyone enlisting, apply any recruiting station or postmaster. Date: 1917

Background imageEnlist Collection: French reservists enjoying lunch in London, September 1939

French reservists enjoying lunch in London, September 1939
French reservists enjoying their lunch and wine under the cover of the trees of Bedford Square as they wait to register for service

Background imageEnlist Collection: Frenchmen marching in London after enlisting 1939

Frenchmen marching in London after enlisting 1939
French reservists marching with French flags over Westminster Bridge, after reporting to and being registered by the French Consulate for military service, just after the outbreak of war

Background imageEnlist Collection: Poster, Army Reserve, Military Service Acts, 1916, WW1

Poster, Army Reserve, Military Service Acts, 1916, WW1
Poster, Army Reserve, Military Service Acts, 1916 (dated 30 January 1917). 1917

Background imageEnlist Collection: Recruits queueing up to enlist, WW1

Recruits queueing up to enlist, WW1
Recruits queueing up to enlist at the start of the First World War. 1914

Background imageEnlist Collection: Recruitment poster, RASC Mechanical Transport

Recruitment poster, RASC Mechanical Transport
Recruitment poster, RASC (Royal Army Service Corps) Mechanical Transport -- Theres still room for you. 1920

Background imageEnlist Collection: British recruitment poster, WW1

British recruitment poster, WW1
British recruitment poster, First World War -- Have you a reason, or only an excuse, for not enlisting NOW! 1914-1918

Background imageEnlist Collection: American recruitment poster, Columbia Calls, WW1

American recruitment poster, Columbia Calls, WW1
American recruitment poster, poem by Frances Adams Halsted, design by Vincent Aderente, Columbia Calls, Enlist Now for US Army, First World War. circa 1916

Background imageEnlist Collection: British recruitment poster, Enlist Today, WW1

British recruitment poster, Enlist Today, WW1
British recruitment poster, Lord Kitchener says... Enlist Today, First World War. 1915

Background imageEnlist Collection: Irish recruitment poster, Come Now, WW1

Irish recruitment poster, Come Now, WW1
Recruitment poster, design by PJW, Come Now, Be honest with yourself, First World War. Designed for use in Ireland, with the promise of free uniforms used as an incentive. 1915



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