Why Did British Recruit Ww1
British Recruitment WW1
Michael Johnson
Source One
This source comes from the book ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’ written by M. Arthur and published in 2002. The source shows the story of one man’s recruitment into the army. However the source shows how the recruitment officer, encouraged the man to lie about his age, so he was eligible to recruit for the army. This shows the eagerness of the government to recruit as many people as possible, it shows this because the recruitment officers, were not rejecting people and were pressuring under age boys into lying about their age so that they could sign up, which I was a highly illegal and immoral act.
This source was accompanied by many other sources all concerning different aspects and events that occurred in WW1. The book was entitled ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’, this inclines that the book’s purpose was not to portray, the illustrious Generals nor the decorated majors, but the privates. The purpose of the book was not to persuade people to think differently about the war, nor present one side as the ‘bad guys’, it was simply meant to be a platform in which the honest privates of the army could have their voices heard, their storied read, their memories shared.
The source also shows how easy it was to recruit, and how …show more content…
He said ‘I’ve joined my brother’s regiment, the Honourable Artillery Company. If you like, come along, I can get you in.’ I left the office at lunchtime and went to City Road. My friend pulled me out of the queue so I went right up to the front. My friend introduced me to the sergeant-major who said ‘Are you willing to join?’ I said ‘Yes Sir’. He said ‘How old are you?’ I said ‘eighteen and one month.’ He said ‘Do you mean nineteen and one month?’ I thought for a moment and said ‘Yes Sir’. He said ‘Right – ho, sign, here.’ So that was my introduction to the
Michael Johnson
Source One
This source comes from the book ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’ written by M. Arthur and published in 2002. The source shows the story of one man’s recruitment into the army. However the source shows how the recruitment officer, encouraged the man to lie about his age, so he was eligible to recruit for the army. This shows the eagerness of the government to recruit as many people as possible, it shows this because the recruitment officers, were not rejecting people and were pressuring under age boys into lying about their age so that they could sign up, which I was a highly illegal and immoral act.
This source was accompanied by many other sources all concerning different aspects and events that occurred in WW1. The book was entitled ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’, this inclines that the book’s purpose was not to portray, the illustrious Generals nor the decorated majors, but the privates. The purpose of the book was not to persuade people to think differently about the war, nor present one side as the ‘bad guys’, it was simply meant to be a platform in which the honest privates of the army could have their voices heard, their storied read, their memories shared.
The source also shows how easy it was to recruit, and how …show more content…
He said ‘I’ve joined my brother’s regiment, the Honourable Artillery Company. If you like, come along, I can get you in.’ I left the office at lunchtime and went to City Road. My friend pulled me out of the queue so I went right up to the front. My friend introduced me to the sergeant-major who said ‘Are you willing to join?’ I said ‘Yes Sir’. He said ‘How old are you?’ I said ‘eighteen and one month.’ He said ‘Do you mean nineteen and one month?’ I thought for a moment and said ‘Yes Sir’. He said ‘Right – ho, sign, here.’ So that was my introduction to the