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Description: | 87
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whole: the image occupies the majority of the upper three-quarters, held within a brown and white border. The title is
separate and positioned across the top, with the text across the lower quarter, both in white and set against a brown
background.
image: a full-length depiction of British soldier in a hodden grey kilt and glengarry bonnet. He stands pointing to an idyllic countryside
scene of thatched cottages with gardens full of colourful flowers, cows grazing in green fields, and rolling hills under a blue
sky.
text: YOUR COUNTRY'S CALL
Isn't this worth fighting for?
ENLIST NOW
PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE. LONDON. POSTER No. 87.
PRINTED BY JOWETT AND SOWRY. LEEDS.
A kilted Scottish infantryman stands before rolling English hills and picturesque thatched cottages. This poster is a
graphic illustration of the contradictions within British national identity: the English tended to regard England and Britain as
synonymous, but there is a deeper irony in the Scottish soldier being called to defend a country that disregarded cultural differences
north of the border. It is difficult to imagine the obverse of this image - an English soldier in the Scottish
Highlands.
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No.87.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Animals Recruitment Campaign 1914-1916 Landscape UK agriculture / food British Home Front 1914-1918 British Army 1914-1918 Military Personnel Home Front PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE Uniforms recruiting First World War WW1 British Home Front | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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