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Background imageRecruit Collection: Recruitment poster, Join the Royal Artillery

Recruitment poster, Join the Royal Artillery and know the pride of being a gunner. 1940s

Background imageRecruit Collection: Kitchener Poster - Your Country Needs You

Kitchener Poster - Your Country Needs You
Poster, Britons - (Kitchener) wants YOU. Join your countrys army. The classic World War One recruitment poster designed by Alfred Leete. circa 1916

Background imageRecruit 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 imageRecruit Collection: German propaganda poster, WW1

German propaganda poster, WW1
German propaganda poster, encouraging women to work in the Home Army during the First World War, for example by working in munitions factories to make grenades for soldiers to use. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageRecruit Collection: LCC-LFB Recruit fireman training at Brigade HQ, SE1

LCC-LFB Recruit fireman training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here a fireman is undertaking a hook ladder drill on the stations nine-storey drill tower

Background imageRecruit Collection: LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1

LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters in Lambeth. Here they are undertaking hook ladder drills on the stations nine-storey drill tower

Background imageRecruit Collection: Roger Casement 1916

Roger Casement 1916
Sir Roger Casement tries unsuccessfully to recruit Irish prisoners in Germany to form an Irish Brigade to fight the English

Background imageRecruit Collection: Poster, Britons! Your Country Needs You

Poster, Britons! Your Country Needs You

Background imageRecruit 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 imageRecruit Collection: Royal Proclamation 1914

Royal Proclamation 1914
Proclamation by King George V calling for men for the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Fleet Reserve, and for officers and men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Background imageRecruit Collection: Poster, England Expects Every Man to do his Duty

Poster, England Expects Every Man to do his Duty and Join the Army Today. Recruitment for the First World War. circa 1914-1915

Background imageRecruit Collection: Recruitment poster, join the Regular Army

Recruitment poster, join the Regular Army

Background imageRecruit 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 imageRecruit Collection: LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1

LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here the recruit squad are rescuing by carrying down on the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder pitched to the third

Background imageRecruit 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 imageRecruit 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 imageRecruit Collection: Templars & Crucifix

Templars & Crucifix
According to the historian Michelet, each Templar recruit was required to spit or trample on the Crucifix, as a symbol of his rejection of Jesus

Background imageRecruit Collection: With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1

With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1
A Derby recruit in civilian clothes is measured up for his uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - Kenya, men of the Wakamba tribe

1940s East Africa - Kenya, men of the Wakamba tribe Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: Union Square showing the Battleship Recruit, New York, USA

Union Square showing the Battleship Recruit, New York, USA
Union Square showing the (wooden) Battleship Recruit, New York, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageRecruit Collection: RAF recruits undergoing mechanical training, WW2

RAF recruits undergoing mechanical training, WW2
RAF recruits undergoing mechanical training Date: circa 1941

Background imageRecruit Collection: RAF recruit checking the kit list, WW2

RAF recruit checking the kit list, WW2
RAF recruit checking the kit list Date: circa 1941

Background imageRecruit Collection: Summoning reserves, Bulgaria, Serbo-Bulgarian War

Summoning reserves, Bulgaria, Serbo-Bulgarian War
Army reserves are recruited in a small Bulgarian town for the defence of Sofia in the Serbo-Bulgarian war. We see an officer blowing a horn, and soldiers marching away from their rural town

Background imageRecruit Collection: Army recruit learns to fire machine gun, WW2 preparations

Army recruit learns to fire machine gun, WW2 preparations
Army recruit learning to fire a machine gun, WW2 preparations Date: 1939

Background imageRecruit Collection: Ryan PT-22C Recruit N56421 855

Ryan PT-22C Recruit N56421 855 (msn 1539, Model ST3KR, ex USAAF 41-15510) Date: circa 2010

Background imageRecruit 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 imageRecruit Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La Patria en

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La Patria en peligro llama a su hijo (The Homeland in Danger Calls her Son). Poster with republican border guards (1936)

Background imageRecruit 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 imageRecruit Collection: Ryan PT-22C Recruit N56421

Ryan PT-22C Recruit N56421 (msn 1539, ST3KR) Date: circa 1990

Background imageRecruit Collection: Ryan PT-22C Recruit N1344

Ryan PT-22C Recruit N1344 (msn 2086, ST3KR) Date: circa 1990

Background imageRecruit 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 imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - army driver

1940s East Africa - army driver Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa army - Askari soldiers at meal, Kenya

1940s East Africa army - Askari soldiers at meal, Kenya
1940s East Africa army - Askari soldiers at a meal, Kenya Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - army medical orderlies Kenya

1940s East Africa - army medical orderlies Kenya
1940s East Africa - army medical orderlies assisting in an operating Theatre, Kenya Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - convalescing soldiers, playing netball

1940s East Africa - convalescing soldiers, playing netball Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - military drums, training camp, Kenya

1940s East Africa - military drums, training camp, Kenya
1940s East Africa - military drums, army training camp, Kenya Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - recruits, East Africa Army, Nyasaland

1940s East Africa - recruits, East Africa Army, Nyasaland
1940s East Africa - army recruits, East Africa Army, Nyasaland Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - army medical orderly Kenya

1940s East Africa - army medical orderly Kenya Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - soldiers Kenya, Kings African Rifles

1940s East Africa - soldiers Kenya, Kings African Rifles
1940s East Africa - soldiers in Kenya, veterans of the Kings African Rifles Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - askari soldiers doing physical training

1940s East Africa - askari soldiers doing physical training
1940s East Africa - army askari soldiers doing physical training Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa -army cooks at work

1940s East Africa -army cooks at work Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - engineers boring a well

1940s East Africa - engineers boring a well Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - army recruits training camp - new recruit

1940s East Africa - army recruits training camp - new recruit Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - askari soldiers training

1940s East Africa - askari soldiers training as military engineers Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - askari soldiers washing clothes

1940s East Africa - askari soldiers washing clothes Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s East Africa - soldiers playing football in camp

1940s East Africa - soldiers playing football in camp
1940s East Africa - army - soldiers playing football in camp Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: 1940s General Sir William Platt GOC East Africa Corps

1940s General Sir William Platt GOC East Africa Corps
1940s East Africa - General Sir William Platt GOC East Africa Corps Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageRecruit Collection: The Vulgarity of Voluntarism 1914

The Vulgarity of Voluntarism 1914
An illustration of the evil effects of the vulgarity of voluntarism referred to by our contributor. Lord Kitchener is represented by a German cartoon as compelled to recruit Suffragettes in place of



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