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5 Questions to Men who have NOT Enlisted (British poster, 1915)

Text: 5 Questions to Men who have NOT Enlisted.

Year: 1915.

Publisher: Parliamentary Recruiting Committee.

Artist: NA.

Additional information: Several variants of this poster were reissued during the war both in Britain and abroad, here’s a Welsh version.

Rest of the text reads:

1. If you are physically fit and between 19 and 38 years of age, are you really satisfied with what you are doing to-day?

2. Do you feel happy as you walk along the streets and see other men wearing the King’s uniform?

3. What will you say in years to come when people ask you – ‘Where did you serve in the the great War’?

4. What will you answer when your children grow up, and say ‘Father, why weren’t you a soldier, too’?

5. What would happen to the Empire if every man stayed at home?

Your King and country need you – Enlist to-day – God Save the King.

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