Image of Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason by Unknown Artist, (20th century)

Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse....

IMAGE number: NAM5925471
Image title: Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse. Enlist Today', c.1916 (colour litho)
Artist: Unknown Artist, (20th century)
Location: National Army Museum, London
Medium: colour lithograph
Date: c. 1916 AD (C20th AD)

Image description: Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse. Enlist Today'. Coloured recruiting poster, No 127 in the series, published by Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London, 1916 circa. For the first year of the war voluntary enlistment into the Army held up well, but by the end of 1915 the number of new recruits was falling. Stories of the horrors soldiers were facing discouraged men from enlisting. Recruiters therefore made a last effort to avoid instituting conscription. This poster quotes part of Lord Kitchener's Guildhall speech in July 1915 in which he asked potential volunteers: 'Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse. Enlist Today'. The demand was still not met, and the Military Services Act was passed in January 1916 to introduce conscription.
Photo credit: © National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: plane / aircraft / transport / recruitment / artillery / aircraft / recruiting / enlistment / propaganda / media / silhouette / patriotism / ideology

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