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WWI recruitment poster: a soldier with bayonet rifle stands before a woman and child as a village burns in the distance.

Remember Belgium. Enlist To-day

Unknown artist, 1914

WWI recruitment poster of a young scout with a drum and drumsticks, under the slogan Everyone should do his bit, enlist now.

Everyone should do his bit, enlist now

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster of a uniformed bugler blowing a brass bugle, with the text "Fall In. Answer now in your country's hour of need."

"Fall In"

Unknown artist, 1918

Vintage WWI poster of a seated man with two children, a girl reading and a boy playing with toy soldiers, captioned Daddy, wh

Daddy, what did you do in the great war?

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster of a large policeman leading a small caricatured German soldier and dachshund past a Victory Bonds sign by a river.

Victory Bonds shorten the war. Help to catch Huns

Unknown artist, 1918

WWI-era recruitment poster of khaki-uniformed soldiers in a line beside a sign reserving a space for a fit man.

There is still a place in the line for you

Unknown artist, 1915

Red and blue recruitment poster with a crown emblem reading 'A Call to Arms. Your Country Needs You To-Day.'

A Call to Arms

Unknown artist, 1918

Horizontal WWI recruitment poster with royal GR cipher and crest, reading 'In her hour of need, your country calls for you' i

In her hour of need, your Country calls for you

Unknown artist, 1914

Vintage recruitment poster with a royal coat of arms and bold red and blue text urging men to join the army.

Your king and country need you. Join the army until the war is over

Unknown artist, 1914

Vertical WWI recruitment poster with white block text on black and red border, reading 'Trained men... Enlist now', photograp

What in the end will settle this war? Trained men. It is your duty to become one. Enlist now

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI recruitment poster with royal coat of arms, reading 'Fight for King & Empire. Our brave soldiers need your help.'

Fight for King and empire - our brave soldiers need your help [United Kingdom, two copies]

Unknown artist, 1914

Long horizontal WWI recruitment poster reading 'WHY NOT JOIN THE ARMY' between panels of Allied flags.

Why not join the Army

Unknown artist, 1918

Red-bordered 1914 recruitment poster asking who built and will preserve the Empire, ending with the call to enlist today.

Who made these little islands...

Unknown artist, 1918

WWI recruitment poster with Union Jack lettering asking if you have a reason or only an excuse for not enlisting.

Have you a reason, or only an excuse, for not enlisting

Unknown artist, 1918

Red and blue recruitment poster reading 'A Call to Arms, Your Country Needs You To-Day' beneath a crown emblem.

A call to arms, your country needs you to-day

Unknown artist, 1918

WWI-era British recruitment poster with a Union Jack background and blue text reading 'Your King and Country Need You, Enlist

Your King and country need you, enlist now

Unknown artist, 1918

Wartime recruitment poster with white and red text quoting Shakespeare's Macbeth and the words ENLIST NOW in a black panel.

Stand not upon the order of your going but go at once

Unknown artist, 1915

Diagonal blue and red WWI-era poster with white script reading 'If you cannot join the Army, try and get a recruit.'

If you cannot join the Army - try and get a recruit

Unknown artist, 1915

Yellow and navy WWI-era recruitment poster reading 'Thousands have answered the nation's call, but you may be the one'.

Thousands have answered the nation's call

Unknown artist, 1915

Sepia WWI-era recruitment poster showing a lion on a rock with three lionesses, text urging men to enlist now.

The empire needs men

Unknown artist, 1918

Silhouetted soldiers with rifles march toward a sunrise whose rays spell VICTORY, above the text 'Join Now' on a 1915 poster.

A Happy New Year to our gallant soldiers!

Unknown artist, 1915

Black recruitment poster with red and green border posing three questions to employers urging men to enlist.

3 questions to employers

Unknown artist, 1918

Olive green WWI recruitment poster with large cream letters reading HALT! Go into training and help the boys at the front.

Halt! Go into Training and Help the Boys at The Front

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI recruitment poster 'To the Women of Britain' with four numbered questions urging women to send men to join the army.

To the Women of Britain

Unknown artist, 1918

Red-bordered 1914 recruitment poster showing a kilted Highland soldier with a rifle and bayonet beside a European street.

Your king & country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the British Empire

Unknown artist, 1914

Recruitment poster with a framed portrait of an officer under a laurel wreath and Union Flags, slogan 'He did his duty. Will

He did his duty. Will you do yours?

Unknown artist, 1914

WWI recruitment poster of a soldier with rifle, captioned Follow me! Your country needs you.

Follow me! Your country needs you

Unknown artist, 1914

WWI-era poster with a large key labelled Munitions, Men and Money, asking 'Are you helping to turn it?' on yellow and red.

The key to the situation. Are you helping to turn it?

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI recruitment poster: a soldier with a rifle points to rolling hills and thatched cottages, with the text "Enlist Now".

Your country's call. Isn't this worth fighting for? Enlist now

Unknown artist, 1915

Three smiling Highland soldiers in kilts and checked caps march with rifles on their shoulders under the text 'Enlist To-Day'

Line up boys! Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Blue-toned 1914 poster of photographs showing British battleships, admirals, a submarine interior, and naval guns at sea.

The British Navy at war

Unknown artist, 1918

Two green WWI recruitment posters with white capital text urging men to become trained men for the war effort.

What in the end will settle the war?

Unknown artist, 1915