Description
Object description
whole: the image occupies the majority, held within a black border. The title is separate and placed across the top, in
black and in red outlined black, and held within a black bordered box. The text is separate and placed across the bottom, in black and in
red, and held within two black bordered boxes. All set against a white background and held within a red border.
image: a map of the British Isles, coloured green and divided into recruiting areas for each regiment of the Army.
text: IS YOUR HOME HERE?
DEFEND IT!
RECRUITING GROUNDS OF THE REGULAR ARMY.
THE UNDERMENTIONED REGIMENTS AND CORPS HAVE NO COUNTIES ALLOTTED TO THEM AS RECRUITING AREAS BUT RECRUIT OVER THE WHOLE OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM AS DESIRED AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED FROM TIME TO TIME
Household Cavalry
Cavalry of the Line
Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery
Royal Garrison Artillery
Royal Engineers
Foot Guards (GRENADIERS, COLDSTREAMS, SCOTS, IRISH AND WELSH)
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Rifle Brigade
Royal Flying Corps
Army Service Corps
Royal Army Medical Corps
Army Ordnance Corps
THE UNDERMENTIONED ARE RECRUITED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR ONLY
Army Veterinary Corps
Army Cyclists Corps
Corps of Military Police
And Army Pay Corps
RECRUITING GROUNDS OF THE TERRITORIAL FORCE.
INFANTRY - Generally as on the map, but the purely Territorial Force Regiments (Monmouthshire, Cambridgeshire, London, Hertfordshire and
Herefordshire) recruit each in their own County.
YEOMANRY, ARTILLERY, etc. - Recruiting is for local units.
Recruiting for the Territorial Force is carried out by the various Territorial Force County Associations.
PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, LONDON. - POSTER No. 126.
PRINTED BY ROBERTS AND LEETE L.T.D LONDON WT.7897/559.
Physical description
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No.126. Previously folded into four horizontal sections.
WT. 7897/559.
Label
Recruitment poster showing a map of Britain and Ireland and encouraging recruitment across the country. The map shows the regiments that recruited in different parts of the country, including the nine regiments traditionally raised in the North West.
Inscription
126
Inscription
1680
Inscription
1681. Double-Crown Poster No.127 (silhouette of Howitzer in action) 'Be honest with yourself' (Lord Kitchener) Designed by V.Soutar.
Published by Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Presented by Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. [sic - refers to a different
poster]