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!’
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Amongst Duchess Millicent's papers is a large scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from August to November ...
One of the cuttings at the beginning of the scrapbook is from The Evening News dated Tuesday 4th August ...
Cuttings from The Morning Post indicate that significant events in the conflict were reported in brief ...
The scrapbook also contains cuttings relating to Duchess Millicent’s work in Belgium with The Millicent ...
The cuttings in the scrapbook provide a comprehensive chronological account of events throughout the ...
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