Recruitment Collection (page 18)

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

Raw material - Recruits for the St. Georges Wesleyan School
A group of ragamuffin children before recruitment to the boy scouts. Date: 12th March 1910

Recruiting his health 1917
The healthy manpower was simply not there, and in 1917 only 36% of men examined were suitable for full military duties. 1917

World War One Recruits
Crowds line the streets of London to watch the smart young recruits march off to the Western Front (World War One). Date: 1914 - 1918 War

British recruitment poster, WW1
A British recruitment poster during the First World War. A mother tells her son to Go! Its your duty lad. Join today. Date: 1914-1918

French recruitment poster for a parachute regiment
A French recruitment poster for a parachute regiment, the Infanterie de l Air. Date: 20th century

American army recruit taking aptitude test, WW1
An 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

Naval recruitment poster Date: 1955

Poster, Halt! Go into training and Help the Boys at the Front. Recruitment for the First World War. circa 1914-1915

Recruitment poster, Train to Win, featuring a woman in nurses uniform. Apply to the Employment Exchange, government training schemes with paid allowances. Aimed specifically at women. 1940s

Kitcheners army recruits drilling, Chatham, Kent, WW1
Kitcheners army recruits drilling outside the Royal Engineers Electrical School at Chatham, Kent, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Lord Herbert Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, WW1
Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), appointed Secretary of State for War at the beginning of the First World War. He was responsible for a large recruitment campaign

Kitcheners army recruits, Chatham, Kent, WW1
Kitcheners army recruits at the Royal Engineers Barracks in Chatham, Kent, during the First World War, with an ornamental stone gateway behind them. Date: 1914-1918

Lord Kitchener reviewing new army recruits, Basingstoke
Lord 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

Called Up by George Ranstead
A man of considerably advanced years stands proudly in a patriotic pose, while the caption of the picture reads Called Up

British Army recruits taking the oath, WW1
Four 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, WW1
Lincolnshire Regiment recruits at rifle drill at the start of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Soldiers at Mytchett Camp, near Aldershot, WW1
Soldiers wearing " Kitchener Blue" uniform during the erection of tents at Mytchett Camp, near Aldershot, during the First World War. Date: December 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 seeking women for the ATS and WaF
Poster seeking women to join the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) and WaF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force) -- full information at the nearest recruiting centre or your employment exchange

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

Recruiting for Crimea
Recruiting for the Crimean War in Charles Street, Westminster. Date: 1855

New army recruits, St Georges Barraacks, London
A batch of new army recruits arrive at St Georges Barracks, London. Three uniformed men are there to process them

WWII Recruitment
A 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

Home Guard World War II
Home Guard recruiting parade in Ruislip with OPS WaFs cheering as they march past on the Home Front in England during World War II

The world went very well then
The World Went Very Well Then - A boy in naval uniform is invited to join a naval man " Come aboard Sir, with submission and dutiful respect"

ARP Calling You
ARP (Air Raid Precautions) recruiting poster in World War Two to try to encourage people to get in touch with their local council and volunteer

First US army recruits
A blindfolded official picks out first recruits for the US army in WW1

Womens Land Army recruiting parade, 1917
Womens Land Army recruiting parade, Time to Remember, during World War I

Recruitment Poster
Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War? A young girl reading about World War One poses a difficult question to her Father; a clever campaign to promote duty to serve

Recruitment Poster Ww1
REMEMBER BELGIUM A First World War recruitment poster, highlighting the news of atrocities commited by the German troops after the invasion of Belgium

Man Power in the Recruitment Office
A perfectly impartial way of dealing with doubtful cases at the recruitment office. Bemused individuals are placed upon a roulette wheel in order to decide their future in Britains army

Study in Still Life by Thomas Maybank
Two spinsters sit with their luggage, unaware that a World War One recruitment poster stating " A Call to Arms - Men Wanted" is making them look rather foolish

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

Find the Man Who Has Enlisted
A propagandist illustration during World War One contrasting the pride and satisfaction of the man who has enlisted to join up, with the shame of one who has not

Single Men First
A reluctant bachelor gets carted off by the recruitment sergeant and regrets jilting a rather smug looking sweetheart. A comment on the recruitment policy during World War One which ruled that single

My Dads at the Front
Children used as recruiting sergeants in Cardiff, 1915. The British Cabinet were against conscription and so Lord Kitchener had to rely on recruitment drives

Earl of Derby
Photograph of The Earl of Derby, director of recruiting for Great Britain in 1915 and Minister of War from 1916-1918. Derby introduced a voluntary recruitment policy called the Derby Scheme

Scottish girls making shells
Female munitions workers in Scotland depicted in an illustration by A. C. Michael. As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I

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

Union Recruitment in New York; American Civil War, 1864
Engraving showing the recruitment of German and Irish emigrants into the Unionist Army, on the Battery at New York, during the American Civil War

American Civil war. The War excitement in New York
As the war progressed, thirst for news grew. Recruitment drives for the Union army concentrated on skilled and fit firemen, who had their own regiment, the New York Zouaves

Republican Recruitment Drive, Madrid; Spanish Civil War, 193
Photograph showing a female Republican supporter giving a speech on top of a car, Madrid, 1936. It was reported that she was calling for more volunteers to join the Republican army

Kitchener Recruiting
Kitchener tries to rouse a potential recruit to a surge of patriotism - but the wretched fellow couldn t give a damn

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