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• THE LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "MCILWAINE W (PRIVATE)" (photographs) 1914

  The "Preston Pals". Volunteer recruits for a service battalion in civilian clothes, drawn up outside Preston Town Hall during the early months of the First World War.

• THE LEEDS PALS BATTALION, 1914

  part of "RAYNOR J (MRS)" (photographs) 1914-09

  Albert Knowles being sworn in on enlisting with the 'Leeds Pals', later the 15th Battalion, The Prince of Wales' Own West Yorkshire Regiment, at Leeds Town Hall on the outbreak of the First World War. The group includes their Commanding Officer, Colonel...

• THE LEEDS PALS BATTALION, 1914

  part of "RAYNOR J (MRS)" (photographs) 1914-09

  A group of 'Leeds Pals' photographed at their training camp in the Yorkshire Dales shortly after enlisting on the outbreak of the First World War. Albert Knowles is on the right (pipe in mouth). A local benefactor gave the pipes, but the unifoms did not...

• WOMEN IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nicholls Horace

  Women's Auxiliary Army Corps: A WAAC recruiting sergeant and assistant busy talking to potential recruits in Trafalgar Square in London.

• THE HOME FRONT 1914 - 1918

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Forces at Home: Recruitment poster showing a small girl sitting on her father's knee captioned 'Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?'.

• RECRUITMENT AND ENLISTMENT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nicholls Horace 1917

  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...

• THE HOME FRONT 1914 - 1918

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM POSTER COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Forces at Home: The famous recruiting poster: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener's face and pointing finger is headlined 'Britons' and underneath '... wants you. Join your country's army. God save the King'

• THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914 - 1918: GREAT BRITAIN: PERSONALITIES

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) 1914

  Field Marshal Sir John French Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, 1914, reviews an army of 10,000 volunteers assembled in Hyde Park, London.

• THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM POSTER COLLECTION" (photographs)

  A First World War recruiting poster which used the menace of the Zeppelin to encourage men to enlist.

• RECRUITMENT AND ENLISTMENT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nicholls Horace 1917

  Seven new recruits file into a recruiting office, somewhere in Britain. They are ushered in by a Sergeant of the Royal Fusiliers. A carved plaque above the doorway appears to suggest that they are enlisting with 8th Battalion.