Men of Britain! Will you stand this? 78 women & children were killed and 228 women & children were wounded by the German raiders. Enlist now / designed and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. – Vintage Print
![Men of Britain! Will you stand this? 78 women & children were killed and 228 women & children were wounded by the German raiders. Enlist now / designed and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bf/bf7f57610c3d-L.webp)
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Men of Britain! Will you stand this? 78 women & children were killed and 228 women & children were wounded by the German raiders. Enlist now / designed and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Men of Britain! Will you stand this? 78 women & children were killed and 228 women & children were wounded by the German raiders. Enlist now / designed and printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.
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Rather than an illustration, this recruiting poster uses a photograph of No. 2 Wykeham Street in Scarborough, taken after the German naval bombardment of December 16, 1914. The caption records that four people died in the house, including a 58-year-old wife and two children, the youngest aged 5. Printed in London in 1915 for the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, the poster turned that damage into a direct appeal to men, citing the 78 women and children killed in the raids. It shows how the bombardment reached ordinary homes far from any battlefield.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 102 x 76 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Caption: No. 2 Wykeham Street, Scarborough, after the German bombardment on Dec. 16th. It was the home of a working man. Four people were killed in this house including the wife, aged 58, and two children, the youngest aged 5. Photo by F. Foxton, Scarborough. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. War damage--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,031 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1544_Men_of_Britain_Will_you_1915 |
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