BRITISH RECRUITMENT WWI

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• BRITISH RECRUITMENT WWI

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Cmon boys, lets join up

• The British Expeditionary Force had well under a
  million men before war was declared on 4 August
  1914.
• There is no national service in Britain.
• 500, 000 men signed up in August alone
• WHY???

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The Recruitment Campaign

• 7 August, Lord Kitchener begins the campaign
  men aged 19 to 30
• 33,000 men PER DAY sign up (13 times the number
  of pupils at WHS every day)
• By the end of August the age was increased to 35
• By 1915, 2 million men had volunteered

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How was this achieved?

• Initial enthusiasm for war (remember MAIN)
• The romance of it, the mystery and
  uncertainty of it, the glowing enthusiasm and
  lofty idealism of it Private Thomas Bickerson
• Propaganda
• Pressure from society
• Order of the White Feather

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PROPAGANDA!!!!

• What does this word mean?
• The organised spreading of beliefs
• What forms do you think it could take in 1914?
• Posters, newspapers, music,
• pamphlets

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Lets get organised.

• The British War Propaganda Bureau (WPB) set up in
  August 1914
• It was set up by David Lloyd George (Chancellor
  of the Exchequer)
• JOB officials meet in secret to discuss how to
  promote British interests during the war

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• The next few screens show different posters aimed
  at increasing the army.

Can you spot the methods they used to encourage
men to enlist??? (think about the N)
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So, what did you spot??

• What kind of images were used to show men in the
  armed forces?
• What language was used?
• Is there anything relating to revenge?
• Look again at this poster. What does it mean?

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So, what do we know?

• The British Army in 1914 was small
• There was a recruitment campaign as well as
  propaganda
• Enthusiasm
• Pressure from society
• Millions volunteered
• MANY OF THESE MEN WOULD NEVER COME HOME

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There were no images like this in the
propaganda. This is a young, dead soldier
photographed by Geoffrey Malins. He has never
been identified. Millions died like this all over
Europe.