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52560: Recruitment and Enlistment During the First World War

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posted on 2024-05-09, 12:56 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

After enlistment, an army sergeant measures one of a line of new recruits, still in civilian dress, for uniform and kit. Some of the recruits are already wearing army caps. In the foreground, a man sits at a sewing machine, ready to make any adjustments to the uniforms.

History

Identifier

3562.jpg | CXTIWMPHOq30060.jpg

Subject

Allied Forces | Group | Home Front | Munitions | Women

Creator

Nicholls, Horace

Date

c. 1917

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Date

31/12/1917

Spatial

Unknown

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Rights

The Imperial War Museum

Collection ID

Q 30060

Repository Name

Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive

Repository Address

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive