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| Picture No | 10700720 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | Derby recruiters sleeping at a recruiting office, WW1 |
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Worn out Derby recruiters snatching some sleep at their offices after a busy night dealing with the final rush of recruits under Lord Derby's group system. Lord Derby, Director General of Recruiting in 1916 introduced the Derby scheme which encouraged men from the same offices or factories to join up together to form 'pals' battalions. The scheme also divided men up into single and married and offered a war pension to those with dependents.
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| Source | Illustration by W. Hatherell in The Graphic, 18 December 1915 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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