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LCC-LFB-AFS training -- tying a knotThe Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade. Some 21, 000 volunteer firefighters would be recruited
LCC-LFB Recruit squad in training at Brigade HQ, SE1During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Seen here posing for a squad photo with their instructor and a training appliance
LCC-LFB AFS recruitment driveA member of the Auxiliary Fire Service fronting an advertising campaign to seek additional volunteers for the service
London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction on the wheeled escape ladder and hook ladder. The wheeled escape ladder is wound out of its carriage
London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)
Blanket tossing at Tadworth Camp, SurreyA new recruit is given a blanket tossing at Tadworth Army Camp, Surrey, England. circa 1911
Recruiting
Military Service in SwedenYoung men are to do their compulsory military service, because the danger of war. The will be recruits int the Royal Navy. Skepsholmen, Stockholm, 8/9 1939 Date: 8th September 1939
Metropolitan Police officers fitted with uniformsSome newly recruited Metropolitan Police officers being fitted with their uniforms and helmets at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London
Midsummer Day. Soldiers dancing at a midsummer fair festival where there was sometimes recruitment Date: 1866
Kitchener recruitment notice, WW1Lord 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
Rifle PracticeThe target is pointed out to a young recruit during rifle practice, Italy. Date: 1929
American army recruit taking aptitude test, WW1An American army recruit (left) taking an aptitude test during the First World War, fitting wooden shapes into holes. The man on the right is timing him with a stopwatch. Date: 1917-1918
Poster, Halt! Go into training and Help the Boys at the Front. Recruitment for the First World War. circa 1914-1915
Poster, More Men and Still More until the Enemy is Crushed -- a quotation from Lord Kitchener. Showing a soldier blowing a bugle. circa 1914-1915
Poster, The Recruit Who Took To It Kindly. Showing an army recruit learning to use his bayonet and demolishing a row of stuffed sacks
WWI postcard by George RansteadHumorous postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur soldier artist of the Great War, showing a sergeant handing a bomb to a rather green looking new recruit on the battlefield and saying, Ere you are
Lord Kitchener reviewing new army recruits, BasingstokeLord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) reviewing new recruits of the 10th Division at Basingstoke during the First World War. Kitchener was so greatly involved in the drive for volunteers at
British Army recruits taking the oath, WW1Four young British Army recruits taking the oath, probably towards the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914
Lincolnshire Regiment recruits at rifle drill, WW1Lincolnshire Regiment recruits at rifle drill at the start of the First World War. Date: September 1914
Poster, Rally Round the Flag, Every Fit Man Wanted. Recruitment for the First World War. circa 1914-1915
Poster, A Call to Arms, Your Country Needs You Today. circa 1915
Poster, In Her Hour of Need Your Country Calls for You. circa 1915
Poster, To the Women of Britain. Some of your menfolk are holding back on your account. Won t you prove your love for your Country by persuading them to go? circa 1915
Poster, Fight for King and Empire, Our Brave Soldiers Need Your Help. circa 1915
New army recruits, St Georges Barraacks, LondonA batch of new army recruits arrive at St Georges Barracks, London. Three uniformed men are there to process them
Before and After, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBefore (on joining) and after (ready for sea) photos of a boy recruit on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Before and After the War (1 of 2). A portrait of a gentleman in his military uniform about to set off for the Great War in 1914
WWII RecruitmentA soldier and a prospective recruit drinking tea in the hall of a recruiting depot for World War II
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
First US army recruitsA blindfolded official picks out first recruits for the US army in WW1
Kitcheners Army 1915Men of Kitcheners Army, the new volunteer recruits enlisted at the request of Kitchener during World War I in 1915
He Soon Found ItAn experienced American officer during World War One, advises a fresh-faced recruit to keep walking straight until he gets to the fighting in the front line
Swearing In Indian Recruits to the British Army, 1878Engraving showing the swearing in of an Indian recruit to the British Army, on a parade ground in the sub-continent, 1878
Glove as Symbol - 5In military usage, the donning of gloves symbolised that a recruit accepted to volunteer his services
Kitchener RecruitingKitchener tries to rouse a potential recruit to a surge of patriotism - but the wretched fellow couldn t give a damn
Italian RecruitThe King of Italy seeks to rally his subjects to the war but they are reluctant to join the predators... Date: June 1915
Kitchener / French RecruitHORATIO, LORD KITCHENER 1ST EARL KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM Soldier; caricatured instructing French recruits to keep on fighting for England
Military / Pensioner / 1867A Veteran with a wooden leg, inspiring a young recruit
Spanish WitchA Spanish witch, airborne over the rooftops of Barcelona, carries a new recruit to the sabbat on her broomstick
Ww1 / 1915 / Recruit Postercome Lad, Slip Across and Help
Devil Welcomes RecruitThe Devil welcomes a new recruit to the Sabbat
Devil Baptises RecruitThe Devil baptises a new recruit