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| Picture No | 10215157 |
| Date | August 1914 |
| Description | Recruiting for the First World War in 1914 |
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Recruiting offices at Whitehall besieged by crowds of young men hoping to serve King and country, shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Lord Kitchener made an appeal for 500,000 men to form a second army; 100,000 of which were needed immediately. The response was overwhelming.
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| Source | Photograph in The Illustrated London News, 15 August 1914, page 268 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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