Does your country have the right to compel you to do military service? Explore how 100 years ago – and for the very first time – the UK government crossed that line.
‘Are You In This’, 1915
More details: NAM. 1977-06-81-29
Pamphlet issued by The National Service League, 1908
NAM. 1974-07-65-8
‘Everyone Should Do His Bit Enlist Now’, 1915
More details: NAM. 2005-11-222-1
Volunteers outside a London recruiting office, August 1914
More details: NAM. 1978-11-157-22-18
‘Daddy what did You do in the Great War’, 1915
More details: NAM. 1977-06-81-16
‘Women of Britain Say – Go’
More details: NAM. 1977-06-81-30
The Military Service Act 1916
More details: NAM. 2014-07-32-1
‘The Slacker MUST Follow Him Now’, c1916
More details: NAM. 2014-07-37-1
British Troops on the Western Front, c1916
NAM. 1978-11-157-24-43
Reception of Recruits, c1940
NAM. 1989-10-122-32
National Service Acts, 1948 to 1955
More details: NAM. 2002-09-5-1
First World War in Focus
