2nd City of London Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Recruits required at once to complete this fine battalion / Savile Lumley ; Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. – Historic Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of 2nd City of London Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Recruits required at once to complete this fine battalion / Savile Lumley ; Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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2nd City of London Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Recruits required at once to complete this fine battalion / Savile Lumley ; Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.
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Printed for the City of London Territorial Force Association, this lithograph directs men to a recruiting office at The Armoury on Tufton Street in Westminster and promises uniforms and necessaries on the day of enlistment. The 2nd City of London Battalion was one of several battalions of the Royal Fusiliers raised in the capital after the war began in 1914, when volunteer units were built up under Lord Kitchener's call for men. Posters like this one, dated 1915, appealed to civic pride and to the pay and allowances that army service offered, and they were displayed across London as the New Army expanded.
| Created / published | [London] : City of London T.F.A., [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: Uniform and necessaries immediately on enlistment. Army rates of pay & allowances. God save the King. Recruiting office, The Armoury, 9, Tufton Street, Westminster, S.W. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Marching--Great Britain--1910-1920. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,160 × 5,147 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1212_2nd_City_of_London_Batt_1915 |
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