Great Britain WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: The United Kingdom was one of the Allied Powers during World War I (1914–1918), and developed as a nation throughout the war in order to further its goal of defeating the Central Powers (the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria). The country’s armed forces were reorganised—the war marked the creation of the Royal Air Force, for example—and increased in size because of the introduction of forced conscription for the first time in the country’s history. At the outbreak of war, patriotic feelings spread throughout the country, and it has been argued that many of the class barriers of Edwardian England were diminished during the period. (Wikipedia)
Great Britain WW1 Propaganda Collection:
Recruiting:
1914 Britons ‘Wants You’. Join Your Country’s Army! God Save The King
1915 Irishmen. Avenge The Lusitania. Join An Irish Regiment Today
1915 Britain Needs You At Once
1915 Step Into Your Place
1915 Will You Make A Fourth?
1915 Daddy, what did You do in the Great War?
1916 Army Reserve (Military Service Act, 1916)
1918 Queen Mary’s Army Auxilliary Corps. Enrol To-Day
Fighting and Morale:
1915 Take Up The Sword Of Justice
1916 A Zeppelin Raider
Allies:
Anti Enemy:
Production:
Finance:
1914 The ‘Weekly Dispatch’ Tobacco Fund. ‘Arf A ‘Mo’ Kaiser!’
1915 Lend Your Five Shillings To Your Country And Crush The Germans
1917 Don’t Waste Bread! Save Two Slices Every Day and Defeat the ‘U’ Boat
1918 feed the guns with War Bonds and help to end the war
1918 National War Savings Committee. Southwark’s Aeroplane Week
1918 Put Strength In The Final Blow. Buy War Bonds
Health and Safety:
YMCA:
Red Cross:
1918 Hold up your end. Red Cross
Home Front:
1914 Dunlop Cycle Tyres. ‘Only me and Dumlops left’
Great Britain WW1 Military Art Collection:
1914 Ships of the British Navy
1914 Testing a tank by S. Begg
1916 Artillery strike on German troop locations
1918 A British mortar crew fires at enemies during the Battle of the Somme by Charles de Grineau
1918 Air battle of a British airplane with German fighters by Simpson
1918 Attack of British airplanes on the marching formations of German troops by Charles de Grineau
1918 British amphibious raid on Zeebrugge in Belgium by S. Begg
1918 British artillery fires volleys at German positions
1918 British pilots defeat German ones
1918 British soldiers rise to counterattack against the advancing Germans by Charles Woodville
1918 In hand-to-hand combat by F. Ch. Baude
Children’s book: The Great War:
1917 Cover of the book ‘The Great War’
1917 English and French soldiers in military uniform and with weapons
1917 Military airplanes and airships
1917 Tanks and tractors
1917 Bombs and grenades
1917 Ambulance vehicle and wounded soldiers
1917 Women in the army
1917 Military personnel of the armies of the Entente countries and their allies
1917 British Army personnel from the metropolis and its colonial possessions
1917 Flags of the Entente countries and their allies
Some interesting World War I related links:
Wikipedia article about World War I
History Channel : World War I: Summary, Causes, Facts & Dates
My other World War One related material:
All Countries during World War One
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