Single men are urged not to put off voluntary enlistment or attestation until the last moment / printed by Roberts & Leete, Ltd., London. – Historic Reproduction
![Single men are urged not to put off voluntary enlistment or attestation until the last moment / printed by Roberts & Leete, Ltd., London., London : Parliamentary and Joint Labour Recruiting Committees, [1916] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a0/a0644dd18c26-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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This vintage poster of Single men are urged not to put off voluntary enlistment or attestation until the last moment / printed by Roberts & Leete, Ltd., London. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Single men are urged not to put off voluntary enlistment or attestation until the last moment / printed by Roberts & Leete, Ltd., London.
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This text-only poster sets a firm deadline: single men had until midnight on March 1 to enlist or attest voluntarily, after which they would be placed in the Reserve under the Military Service Act on March 2. That law, passed in January 1916, was Britain's first conscription measure, and it made unmarried men of military age liable for service. The Parliamentary and Joint Labour Recruiting Committees, which issued the poster, used appeals like this one to encourage men to volunteer before compulsion took effect. The printer, Roberts & Leete of London, produced many of the recruiting posters of the period.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary and Joint Labour Recruiting Committees, [1916] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 50 x 38 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: Their chance will be gone at midnight on March 1st, and they will be placed in the Reserve under the Military Service Act on March 2nd. Poster is text only. Title from item. Poster no. 160. Wt. 17147/783. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain--1910-1920. Bachelors--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,154 × 5,147 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 267_Single_men_are_urged_no_1916 |
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