Recruitment – WWI Sample Analysis Explain how useful these sources are in informing you into recruitment to the armed forces in the First and Second World Wars.

Analysis What can you infer from the source (what does it tell you?) Where does the source come from and who created it? Why was it created? What is its purpose? Does the source give an accurate account (is it reliable?) In what ways is the source useful to your enquiry? In what ways is the source of limited use to your enquiry?

Empire recruitment poster. Jan 1915

Reginald Haine, who joined the Honourable Artillery Company, recalls enlisting in the First World War. The extract comes from Forgotten Voices of the Great War. It was edited by Max Arthur for Ebury Press in association with the Imperial War Museum and published in 2002.

Recruitment Poster Feb 1915

Recruitment Poster July 1915

Recruitment poster Sept 1914

2 nd World War Sources

A poster published in 1940 by the Royal Air Force in the Second World War.

1941 Ref: Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce

1940 WWII British Together Allies United War Poster

Albert Rowland recalls his time as a conscientious objector in the Second World War. From his contribution to the BBC’s People’s War website, provided in 2005.

1942 Rosie the Riveter