A Call to Arms

Recruitment poster for soldiers during World War One, usually handed out in the street or pasted on hoardings in local towns. Believed to date from 1915, it gives a good insight into the early years of the war effort, before conscription was introduced in 1916. Henry Newbolt, quoted at the beginning, was actually born in Bilston.

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Reference: 413
Keywords: WW1
Archive Ref: 1986/036/073 EB 1A Doc 1.847
Updated: 4/9/2000 10:41:31