Описание: 1916 Poster about the Military Service Act 1916. included in the summer 2017 exhibition: "People Power - Fighting For Peace" at the Imperial War Museum. Anodyne factual background drawn from first list of sources below Before the First World War Britain had a small standing army. Recruitment to the wartime British army initially relied on volunteers. By 1915 greater numbers of troops were needed. In Autumn 1915 a scheme was introduced requiring eligible men to make a public declaration of whether or not they would join the forces. In January 1916 the government introduced conscription. ______________________________ § Website of Bradford Peace Museum. The Bradford Museum loaned several of its own exhibits to the Imperial War Museum for the People Power exhibition. § Bradford Peace Museum page in February 2016 marking the "Centenary of Conscription. § Read more about the UK's Military Service Act 1916 on Wikipedia. § Wikipedia article on Recruitment to the British Army during the First World War ______________________________ More Links § The Attack by RH Tawney. § The Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain’s Rush to War, 1914 by Douglas Newton. § Review of Darkest Days by Christopher Clark. § Fire and Blood: The European Civil War 1914–1945. § Review by Adam Tooze of Fire & Blood.
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