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| Picture No | 10700723 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | London recruits at Southwark Town Hall, WW1 |
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Crowds of men anxious to attest under the Derby scheme, crowded into the corridors of Southwark Town Hall in December 1915. 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 | Unattributed photograph in The Graphic, 18 December 1915 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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