Enlist Collection (page 5)

Cambridge University sportsmen during WW1
A spread from The Sketch magazine featuring 76 portraits of Cambridge Blues who had joined up during the First World War. The Sketch comments that

City of London recruits, Tower of London, WW1
Young men answering the call to enlist at the start of the First World War. All of them employees of City firms, they were joining the City of London Battalion, consisting of 1300 men

Rush to recruit, Central London Recruiting Depot, WW1
The rush to recruit at the Central London Recruiting Depot. Men gather outside the doorway, eager to enlist on the outbreak of the First World War

Sheet music cover, Your King & Country Want You, a Womans Recruiting Song, dedicated by special permission to Her Majesty the Queen

Potential army recruit looks at the proclamation
Two soldiers look on as a civilian reads the notice which shows how volunteers can enlist. These soldiers were known as Kitcheners Men and were often from the same factory or town

WWI Poster, Three Questions to Employers
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Three Questions to Employers, more men are wanted today. What can you do? Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Thousands have answered the nations call
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Thousands have answered the Nations Call, but you may be The One to turn the scale at a critical moment. Do you realize this? Date: 1915

WWI Poster, To the Women of Britain
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, To the Women of Britain, won t you help and send a man to join the army today? Date: 1915

WWI Poster, The Prime Ministers Pledge
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Prime Ministers Pledge. Do not force your Country to force you to fight, but come of your own free will. Date: 1916

I am telling you - On June 28th I expect you to enlist in the army of war savers to back up my army of fighters. Half-length portrait of Uncle Sam, standing, facing front, with his fists on his hips

Enlist On which side of the window are you?. A man looking out window at troops marching with large American flag. Date 1917

Our regular divisions, honored and respected by all Enlist for the infantry - or in one of the other 12 branches. Poster showing a soldier with American flag and laurel wreath

First division, regulars - Infantry divisions - Enlist for infantry, cavalry, field artillery... Poster showing soldiers escorting Liberty, in a chariot, holding an American flag. Date 1919

Poles! Under the Polish flag, on to the fight - For our liberty and yours! Enlist to-day. Poster showing a soldier carrying a rifle, and waving American, Polish, French, and British flags. Date 1917

Mechanical training - Enlist in the Air Service. Poster showing soldiers making mechanical repairs to an airplane. Date 1919

Enlist in the Navy To arms. Poster showing a sailor blowing a bugle. Date 1917

Which? Soldier or mechanic - Enlist in the Engineers and be both For information apply at 808 Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware. Poster showing a man in overalls at work, and a soldier. Date 1919

Poles! Kosciuszko and Pulaski fought for the liberty of Poland and other nations - Follow their example - Enlist in the Polish Army!. Poster showing Kosciuszko and Pulaski, and the Polish flag

Enlist in the Signal Corps - Receive a technical education free. Poster showing a man in uniform with electrical equipment. Date 1919

Remember Scarborough! Enlist now. Poster showing Britannia, carrying the British flag, leading citizens from a pastoral landscape toward a city in flames. Date 1915

US Navy - Help your country! Enlist in the Navy. Poster showing battleships at sea. Date 1917

All together! Enlist in the Navy. Poster showing an American sailor among sailors from various countries. Date 1917

Join the United States school garden army - Enlist now. Poster showing a girl plowing. Date 1918

The new education Theres the world before you, young man! Do you want to see it? Learn a trade and live a strong healthy life? If so enlist and be happy - you can t beat this!

If you can t enlist, invest - Buy a Liberty Bond - Defend your country with your dollars. Poster showing figure America with shield Liberty Loan fighting against Devastation, Starvation, War

When you fire remember this - Enlist in the Navy. Poster showing a sailor reaching out to a young girl in a lifeboat labeled Lusitania.. Date 1917. When you fire remember this - Enlist in the Navy

The Amercian Revolution - A Call to Arms
A husband and eldest son get the call to aid the struggle against the British during the American Revolutionary War (American War of Independence - 1775-1783) and leap at the opportunity to enlist

Kitchener recruitment notice, WW1
Lord Kitcheners recruitment notice for ex-non-commissioned officers to re-enlist for the First World War. They were needed urgently to train younger men. October 1914

Greece, Crete - Cretan Gendarmerie
Prince George (inset portrait) served as high commissioner of Crete during its transition towards independence from Ottoman rule and union with Greece

Army recruitment poster for the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. It is simply a black and white photograph of a soldier in uniform, beckoning to others to join him

The Great Army of Armleteers
A procession of men all wearing armbands to denote that they have attested to enlist as part of the Derby scheme to boost recruitment during World War One

General Robertson speaking at Dalderby; First World War, 191
Photograph showing General Sir William Robertson (centre, facing left) making a speech at Dalderby, Lincolnshire, October 1916

A Derby night
Illustration by S. Begg showing a long queue of men lining up to enlist. Lord Derby, Director General of Recruiting in 1916 introduced the Derby scheme which encouraged men from the same offices or

Swiss Guards
By tradition, the Vatican is guarded by Swiss mercenaries in those fancy uniforms : here, a cart-load of Swiss soldiers gallop to Rome to enlist in the popes service

New Recruits / Derby Day
Following an appeal from Lord Derby, scores of men queue in London to enlist on one of the many Derby Days as they became known

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