The Battle of Britain

Rugby Union Footballers are Doing Their Duty

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Catalogue number
  • Art.IWM PST 7806
Production date
1914-12
Place made
Great Britain
Subject period
Materials
  • medium: lithograph
  • support: paper
Dimensions
  • Support: Height 757 mm
  • Support: Width 503 mm
Alternative Names
  • object category: Poster
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Category
posters

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whole: the two separate images are positioned in the centre third, held within a narrow black border. The title and text are separate and positioned in the upper third, and further text is separate and positioned in the lower third, all in white. All set against a green background. image: in the left-hand image, a half-length depiction of a rugby player holding a rugby ball. Behind him supporters cheer and wave. In the right-hand image, a half-length depiction of a British infantryman holding a rifle. Behind him soldiers, including an officer on horseback, charge into battle. text: 'This is not the time to play Games' (Lord Roberts) RUGBY UNION FOOTBALLERS are DOING THEIR DUTY over 90% have enlisted 'Every player who represented England in Rugby international matches last year has joined the colours.' - Extract from The Times, November 30, 1914. BRITISH ATHLETES! Will you follow this GLORIOUS EXAMPLE? ISSUED BY THE PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT, CENTRAL LONDON RECRUITING DEPOT, WHITEHALL, LONDON. PRINTED BY JOHNSON, RIDDLE AND CO., LTD., LONDON, S.E.

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Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts of Kandahar (1832-1914) served the majority of his military career in his country of birth, India. His illustrious military career began by winning the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny (1857-8) and he later served successfully in the Second Afghan War (1878-80) and the Boer War (1899-1902). Known affectionately as 'Bobs' after Rudyard Kipling’s poem about him, he eventually became the last Commander-in-Chief of the British Army (1901-05). Lord Roberts died in 1914 while visiting British troops on the Western Front.

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Dec. 1914.

Inscription

Rot IWM 100

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