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whole: the image occupies the upper third, with the title integrated, in blue. The text is separate and positioned in the
lower two-thirds, in red gothic script, and in black. A small image is positioned lower left. All set against a white background and held
within a red border.
image: a full-length depiction of Britannia, wearing white robes and a helmet, and leaning on a round shield decorated with a Union Flag
design. She stands under a classical archway, surmounted by the Royal Arms of George V, and gestures with her right hand towards a view of
London: a bend in the River Thames, with the Palace of Westminster visible in the background. The small image is of the seal of the
Territorial Force Association of the County of London.
text: TERRITORIAL FORCE
DIEU ET MON DROIT [Translation: 'God and my right']
COUNTY OF LONDON
ERNEST IBBETSON 11
Men of London,
In August last, on behalf of the Association of the County, I appealed to you to give thirty thousand Territorials, in a few days, to the
King.
Your response was immediate and twofold.
It enabled Lord Kitchener to send, as he told Parliament, the 2nd London Division, as well as many other London Battalions, to fight the
King's enemies abroad.
On Easter Sunday I saw your magnificent London Division at the Front.
Sir John French warmly praised their soldierly bearing, and they rival the best troops in France.
They had already sustained losses and they urges me to ask you to keep them supplied with drafts.
In their name I appeal to you. You have volunteered freely for every arm of the service. Continue to do so.
But remember always that the London Territorial Regiments are second to none in achievement.
The Kensingtons, the Westminsters, the Victorias, and other names inscribed for ever on the battle roll of England.
Our Territorials have the first claim upon Londoners.
I promise that every man who joins a London Regiment shall be walking out in uniform within 12 hours, and within a few weeks he may be
called upon to stand alongside his gallant and splendid fellow citizens in Flanders, who have never yielded an inch of ground before
German menace or attack, and, please God, never will.
ESCHER, President, Territorial Force Association of the County of London.
April, 1915.
TERRITORIAL FORCE ASSOCIATION OF THE COUNTY OF LONDON 1907
HARRISON AND SONS, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Kitchener Recruitment Campaign 1914-1916 French flag / banner / standard George V UK cityscape Britannia King Royalty British Home Front 1914-1918 emblems women / womens work Territorial Force Association of the County of London British Army 1914-1918 British Army portrait / personification John Denton Pinkstone Home Front recruiting First World War Horatio Herbert WW1 British Home Front | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Harrison and Sons Ltd | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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