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1. Remember the Lusitania
whole: the title is positioned across the top in red, with the main text placed below, in black. Further text and a subtitle, in red, are applied at the foot of the design. All are set against a plain white background and held within a broad black border. image: text only. text: REMEMBER THE 'LUSITANIA' THE JURY'S VERDICT SAYS: 'We find that the said deceased died from their prolonged immersion and exhaustion in the sea eight miles south south-west of the Old Head of Kinsale on Friday, May 7th, 1915, owing to the sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania by a torpedo fired without warning from a German submarine. 'That this appalling crime was contrary to International Law and the conventions of all civilized nations, and we therefore charge the officers of the said submarine, and the Emperor and Government of Germany, under whose orders they acted, with the crime of Wilful and Wholesale Murder before the Tribunal of the Civilized World.' IT IS YOUR DUTY TO TAKE UP THE SWORD OF JUSTICE TO AVENGE THIS DEVIL'S WORK. ENLIST TO-DAY PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE LONDON. POSTER NO. 90 PRINTED BY DAVID ALLEN AND SONS LD. HARROW. MIDDLESEX. W. 5M-5/15

2. Remember the Lusitania
whole: the title heads the design, with a subtitle and accompanying text located at the foot, all in red. The main text occupies the centre, in black. All are set against a plain white background and held within a black border. image: text only. text: REMEMBER THE 'LUSITANIA' THE JURY'S VERDICT SAYS: 'We find that the said deceased died from their prolonged immersion and exhaustion in the sea eight miles south south-west of the Old Head of Kinsale on Friday, May 7th, 1915, owing to the sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania by a torpedo fired without warning from a German submarine.' 'That this appalling crime was contrary to international law and the conventions of all civilized nations, and we therefore charge the officers of the said submarine, and the Emperor and Government of Germany, under whose orders they acted, with the crime of wilful and wholesale murder before the tribunal of the civilized world.' IT IS YOUR DUTY TO TAKE UP THE SWORD OF JUSTICE TO AVENGE THIS DEVIL'S WORK. ENLIST TO-DAY PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, LONDON. POSTER No. 91 PRINTED BY DAVID ALLEN AND SONS LD. HARROW. MIDDLESEX. 5M-5/15

3. Men of Leicestershire - Avenge the Lusitania
whole: the title is positioned in the upper half, in red and blue. The text is positioned over the lower half, in blue and red, separated by horizontal blue dividing lines. All set against a white background. image: text only. text: MEN OF LEICESTERSHIRE AVENGE THE LUSITANIA HOW TO DO IT! For every Man, Woman and Child lost 10 Men should join. JOIN THE 10TH BATTALION LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 21, HUMBERSTONE GATE. 14 DAYS LEAVE AT HOME ON JOINING PAY AND ALLOWANCES 3/- PER DAY WHILST ON LEAVE. WILLSONS, Printers, Leicester.

4. Remember the 'Lusitania'
whole: the title heads the design, with a subtitle and accompanying text located at the foot, all in red. The main text occupies the centre, in black. All are set against a plain white background and held within a broad black border. image: text only. text: REMEMBER THE 'LUSITANIA' THE JURY'S VERDICT SAYS: 'We find that the said deceased died from their prolonged immersion and exhaustion in the sea eight miles south=south=west of the Old Head of Kinsale on Friday, May 7th, 1915, owing to the sinking of the R.M.S. 'Lusitania' by a torpedo fired without warning from a German submarine.' 'That this appalling crime was contrary to international law and the conventions of all civilized nations, and we therefore charge the officers of the said submarine and the Emperor and Government of Germany, under whose orders they acted, with the crime of wilful and wholesale murder before the tribunal of the civilized world.' IT IS YOUR DUTY TO TAKE UP THE SWORD OF JUSTICE TO AVENGE THIS DEVIL'S WORK ENLIST TO-DAY PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, LONDON. POSTER No. 92. PRINTED BY A. WHITE and Co., 6, HILL STREET, FINSBURY, LONDON, E.C.

5. Remember the Lusitania!
whole: the title is positioned across the top in red, with the main text placed below, in two columns, in black. A subtitle, in red, is applied at the foot of the design. All are set against a plain white background and held within a narrow red border. image: text only. text: REMEMBER THE LUSITANIA! One mother lost all her three young children, one six years, one aged four, and the third a babe in arms, six months old. She herself lives, and held up the three of them in the water, all the time shrieking for help. When rescued by a boat party the two eldest were dead. Their room was required on the boat, and the mother was brave enough to realise it. 'Give them to me, my bonnie wee things. I will bury them. They are mine to bury as they were mine to keep.' With her hair streaming down her back and her form shaking with sorrow, she took hold of each little one from the rescuers and reverently placed it into the water again, and the people in the boat wept with her as she murmured a little sobbing prayer to the great God above. But her cup of sorrow was not yet completed. For just as they were landing, her third and only child died in her arms. BERLIN, MAY 3. Hundreds of telegrams have been sent to Admiral von Tirpitz congratulating him. ARTICLE IN COLOGNE GAZETTE. The news will be received by the German people with unanimous satisfaction, since it proves to England and the whole world that Germany is quite in earnest in regard to her submarine warfare. ARTICLE IN KOLNISCHE VOLKSZEITUNG. With joyful pride we contemplate the latest deed of our Navy and it will not be the last. NEW YORK, MAY 8. Riotous scenes of jubilation took place last evening amongst Germans in the German clubs and restaurants. Many Germans got drunk as the result of toasting 'Der Tag.' ENLIST TO-DAY. PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, LONDON. - POSTER No 95. PRINTED BY ROBERTS AND LEETE, LTD., LONDON. W. 2598/449 [Remember the Lusitania! One mother lost all her three young children, one six years, one aged four, and the third a babe in arms, six months old. She herself lives, and held up the three of them in the water, all the time shrieking for help. When rescued by a boat party the two eldest were dead. Their room was required on the boat, and the mother was brave enough to realise it. 'Give them to me, my bonnie wee things. I will bury them. They are mine to bury as they were mine to keep.' With her hair streaming down her back and her form shaking with sorrow, she took hold of each little one from the rescuers and reverently placed it into the water again, and the people in the boat wept with her as she murmured a little sobbing prayer to the great God above. But her cup of sorrow was not yet completed. For just as they were landing, her third and only child died in her arms. Berlin, May 3. Hundreds of telegrams have been sent to Admiral von Tirpitz congratulating him. Article in Cologne Gazette. The news will be received by the German people with unanimous satisfaction, since it proves to England and the whole world that Germany is quite in earnest in regard to her submarine warfare. Article in Kölnische Volkszeitung. With joyful pride we contemplate the latest deed of our navy and it will not be the last. New York, May 8. Riotous scenes of jubilation took place last evening amongst Germans in the German clubs and restaurants. Many Germans got drunk as the result of toasting Der Tag. Enlist to-day. Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. - Poster no 95.Printed by Roberts and Leete, Ltd., London. W. 2598/449]

6. camisole, RMS Lusitania relic (IWM Ref: UNI 11978)

7. camisole, RMS Lusitania relic (IWM Ref: UNI 11978)

8. Equipment, Lifebelt (RMS Lusitania), British (IWM Ref: MAR 127)

9. Equipment, Lifebelt (RMS Lusitania), British (IWM Ref: MAR 127)

10. camisole, RMS Lusitania relic

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