Be Honest with Yourself

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Object description

whole: the image is positioned in the upper third, with the title and text positioned separately in the lower two-thirds, in white. All set against a black background. image: a depiction in silhouette of British soldiers operating an artillery piece. An aircraft flies past above. text: VSoutril. 'BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF. BE CERTAIN THAT YOUR SO-CALLED REASON IS NOT A SELFISH EXCUSE' LORD KITCHENER ENLIST TO-DAY PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, LONDON. POSTER No. 127. PRINTED BY BEMROSE AND SONS L.T.D LONDON AND DERBY. W 8768/576

Physical description

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No.127. W 8768/576. The same image is used in a Welsh language poster (see PST 5057).

Label

Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) is best remembered for his appearance on Alfred Leete's famous First World War poster, 'Your Country Needs You' (see PST 0414). A career soldier, Kitchener served in Palestine, Egypt, South Africa and India prior to the First World War, eventually becoming Consul General to Egypt in 1911. With the outbreak of the First World War he was made Secretary of State for War and oversaw the massive expansion of the British Army. However, organisational shortcomings lost him responsibility for strategy and munitions production. Involvement in the failed Dardanelles Campaign in 1915 further tarnished his reputation. However, Kitchener's offer to resign was rebuffed owing to his public popularity and status as a national figurehead. Kitchener was drowned in June 1916 when his ship, HMS Hampshire, struck a mine off the Orkneys.

Object Details

Category

Posters

Creator

Soutril, V (?) (Undefined)
Bemrose and Sons Ltd, London and Derby (printer)
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (publisher/sponsor)

Production date

1915

Place made

Great Britain, United Kingdom

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 761 mm., Width 509 mm.

Mount: Height 847 mm., Width 540 mm.

Catalogue number

Art.IWM PST 11953

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Kitchener, Horatio Herbert
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Associated events

WW1 British Home Front
Recruitment Campaign 1914-1916, Home Front, UK, First World War
Associated places

Great Britain GB
Associated subjects

artillery piece
Aircraft
Associated keywords

recruiting
politicians
Aircraft Accidents
Artillery
Military Personnel

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