Your King and Country Need You!

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Date:3rd of September 1914

Description:The cuttings in the scrapbook provide a comprehensive chronological account of events throughout the opening months of the First World War, including appeals for men to join the British armed forces and fight. An appeal in The Times from Thursday 3rd September 1914 reads ‘Your King and Country Need You’, stating ‘Another 100,000 Men Wanted’. The appeal provides the terms of service and adds in bold type ‘pay at army rates’ before concluding ‘God Save the King!’