Picture No | 10235023 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | Single Men First |
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A reluctant bachelor gets carted off by the recruitment sergeant and regrets jilting a rather smug looking sweetheart. A comment on the recruitment policy during World War One which ruled that single men were the first to be conscripted.
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Source | Illustration by Dudley Tennant in The Bystander, 12 January 1916 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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