The military service act, 1916 [...] Do not wait until March 2nd. Enlist voluntarily now / The Abbey Press, Westminster, S.W. – Antique Wall Art
![The military service act, 1916 [...] Do not wait until March 2nd. Enlist voluntarily now / The Abbey Press, Westminster, S.W., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1916] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7a/7a51b93df470-L.webp)
(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 The military service act, 1916 [...] Do not wait until March 2nd. Enlist voluntarily now / The Abbey Press, Westminster, S.W.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The military service act, 1916 [...] Do not wait until March 2nd. Enlist voluntarily now / The Abbey Press, Westminster, S.W.
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Text alone carries this color lithograph, which urges men to "enlist voluntarily now" rather than wait for March 2, 1916, the date the Military Service Act took effect. That act, passed in January 1916, was Britain's first conscription law and required single men of military age to serve, so the poster was an appeal to keep recruitment voluntary before compulsion applied. The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued it, and the Abbey Press in Westminster printed it. It is numbered 154 in its series, and its plain wording reflects the wartime effort to fill the ranks through persuasion before the state required service.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1916] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 50 x 38 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Poster no. 154. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain--1910-1920. Draft--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,170 × 5,158 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 723_The_military_service_ac_1916 |
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