The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
British First World War Parliament Recruiting Committee poster; No. 12, which depicts a Bugler, asking recruits to 'Fall In' and join the forces. The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (PRC) in the first eighteen months of the war produced over 50 recruitment posters . The PRC was a thirty member body organized by political party organizers, under the supervision of the War Office, with the express aim of aiding the raising of troop numbers in Britain's volunteer army. The main modes of appeal were through mass recruiting rallies and through posters and pamphlets that encouraged enlistment. The earliest recruiting posters tended to be blown-up versions of handbills, usually with text in one or two colours, and sometimes simply provided the technical terms of enlistment. Over time the poster campaign became ever more sophisticated and psychologically manipulative. Fifty-four million copies of some two hundred different posters were produced and distributed by the PRC over the course of the war.
Depicts a member of the Scottish infantry gesturing to an idyllic scene behind him of a small country town nestled amongst green rolling hills. With his right hand, he points to the town, and his lef
British First World War recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in Welsh language. Depicts the silhouettes of soldiers manning a howitzer, beneath a spotter plane. The b
Recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. This is an unusually attractive design, as most posters produced by the Committee were text only, or had very simple colour schem
South Australian recruiting poster, based upon a British recruitment poster. It depicts a young boy scout in silhouette, confronting an adult who is scratching his head. It is possible that this work
South Australian recruiting poster based upon a British recruitment poster. It depicts a young boy scout in silhouette, confronting an adult who is scratching his head. It is possible that this work
Depicts a black silhouette of an infantryman holding his rifle, posing against a yellow background, in the style of British silhouette artist Harry Oakley, who produced posters for the war effort. Br