Description
Object description
whole: the title and text are arranged in banner form, in red and blue against a white background. A narrow blue border
frames the design.
image: text only.
text: MORE MEN ARE WANTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S ARMY
WHO MAY ENLIST.
All men who are 5ft. 2 ins. [the '2' is additional text, printed over the top of the original '3'] and over, medically fit, and between 19
and 40, and all old soldiers up to 45.
TERMS OF ENLISTMENT.
You may join for the period of the War only if you do not want to serve for the ordinary period of the regular soldier. Then, as soon as
the War is over, you will be able to return to your ordinary employment.
PAY.
Ordinary Army Pay (the lowest rate of 7s. a week, less 1½d. for Insurance). Food, Clothing, Lodging and Medical Attendance provided free.
SEPARATION ALLOWANCES.
During the War the State, by the payment of Separation Allowance, helps the soldier to maintain his wife, children or dependants. The
following are the weekly rates for the wife and children of a private soldier, including the allotment usually required from his pay:-
[A table follows showing, in three columns, the Separation Allowance rates, the largest allotment required from the soldier, and the total
weekly income of the family, in shillings and pence:]
For Wife only ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 0 ... 3 6 ... 12 6
'' '' and 1 Child ... ... ...14 0 ... 3 6 ... 17 6
'' '' and 2 Children ... ...17 6 ... 3 6 ... 21 0
For each additional child an additional Separation Allowance of 2s. is issuable.
Families living at the time of enlistment in the London Postal area are allowed by the State 3s. 6d. a week extra as long as they continue
to live there.
Fuller particulars as to Separation Allowance, and as to Allowances to the Dependants of Unmarried Soldiers, and to the Motherless Children
of Soldiers, can be obtained at any Recruiting Office or Post Office.
PENSIONS for the DISABLED.
Men disabled on service will be entitled after discharge to pensions according to earning capacity, the maximum for a totally disabled
private being 25s. a week, and 2s. 6d. a week for each child under 16 years of age, born prior to the time at which the soldier is
discharged.
PROVISION for WIDOWS and CHILDREN.
The widows and children of soldiers who die on active service will continue to receive their Separation Allowances for a period which will
not in any case exceed 26 weeks, and afterwards they will receive, subject to certain qualifications, pensions at various rates, the
minimum being 10s. a week for a private's widow.
HOW TO ENLIST.
Go to the nearest Post Office or Labour Exchange. There you will get the address of the nearest Recruiting Office, where you can enlist.
MEN ARE WANTED - ENLIST NOW.
PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, 12, DOWNING STREET, S.W.
Poster No. 115.
H. W. and V. Ld.
15M.
W. 10754 1/15.
W. 8189. 8 15
Physical description
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No.115.
August 1915 version (with text changed from July 1915 version to reduce the height requirement for enlistment from 5ft. 3 ins. to 5ft. 2
ins.).
W. 10754.
W. 8189.
An earlier version of this poster set the upper age limit for enlistment at 38 (see PST 11499).
Inscription
P.R.C. 115