NRS-12133 | First World War recruitment posters

These four British First World War Recruitment posters consist of: "It's our flag - fight for it"; "1805, England expects, 1915, Are you doing your duty today?"; "Britain needs you at once" and "Speech by the Prime Minister at the Guildhall in November 1914". All these posters were produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, of the United Kingdom, which was formed on 31 August 1914. (1)'1805 "England expects" 1915, Are YOU doing YOUR duty today?' features Viscount Horatio Nelson standing at the right of a battle at sea including four warships. The words "England expects" were the beginning of Nelson's speech at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. (2) The poster was "Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. Poster No.101. Printed by Seargeant Brothers Ltd., London & Abergavenny.''It's Our Flag Fight for it Work for it' features a draped Union Jack flag. The poster was published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, as Poster No. 107, 1914 and was designed by Guy Lipscombe. (3)'Britain Needs You at Once' features Saint George mounted on a white horse and slaying the dragon. The poster was 'Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. Poster No.108. Printed by Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., London, E.C.' It is dated 1915. (4)The final poster is an extract from a speech by the UK Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith, KC FRS, at the Guildhall on 9 November 1914, with the words: "It is going to be a long drawn-out struggle. We shall not sheathe the sword until Belgium recovers all, and more than all, she has sacrificed; Until France is adequately secured against the menace of aggression; Until the rights of the smaller nations are placed on an unassailable foundation; Until the military domination of Prussia is finally destroyed. THE PRIME MINISTER, At the Guildhall November 9th, 1914." The poster was 'Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London, Poster No. 110' and was 'Printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd. London W4501/489.' (5) The poster appears to have been printed in 1915. (6)Endnotes1. Peter Simkins, 'Voluntary recruiting in Britain, 1914-1915,' British Library World War One website, http://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/voluntary-recruiting (accessed 14 November 2014).2. 'Allied Posters of World War One', Temple University Libraries website http://digital.library.temple.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16002coll9/id/2981 (accessed 14 November 2014). 3. National Army Museum website http://prints.national-army-museum.ac.uk/image/327326/guy-lipscoyne-its-our-flag-fight-for-it-work-for-it-1914-c (accessed 14 November 2014).4. 'Britain Needs You At Once', Imperial War Museum website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/27762 (accessed 14 November 2014).5. 'It is going to be a long drawn-out struggle,' National Library of Australia catalogue http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6539944 (accessed 14 November 2014).6. 'It is going to be a long drawn-out struggle,' Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003663195/ (accessed 14 November 2014).