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August 1914: London volunteers await their pay at St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

‘Your country needs you’: why did so many volunteer in 1914?

On the first day of the war in 1914, British newspapers published appeals for young men to join the colours, and to fight against Germany. Following the advice of the new Secretary for War, Lord Kitchener…

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