Men of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. Your regular and territorial battalions are fighting at the front. Obey the call of duty and help your comrades / printed at the Free Press" Works – Vintage Wall Art
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This rare vintage poster captures Men of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. Your regular and territorial battalions are fighting at the front. Obey the call of duty and help your comrades / printed at the Free Press" Works in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Men of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. Your regular and territorial battalions are fighting at the front. Obey the call of duty and help your comrades / printed at the Free Press" Works
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This poster addresses the men of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk together, naming both counties in a single appeal. It reminds them that regular and Territorial battalions from the region were already fighting, and it asks them to "obey the call of duty and help your comrades." Printed in 1915, when voluntary enlistment was still the main route into the army, it reflects the pressure on local communities to supply men for the front. Text-only designs like this were meant to be taken in at a glance on a wall or hoarding, so the wording had to carry the whole argument.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 66 x 46 cm. |
| Notes | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
| Subjects | Poster is text only. Title from item. |
| Original scan | 4,143 × 5,158 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1545_Men_of_Cambridgeshire_a_1915 |
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