Image: Military Service Act 1916 poster IWM Art.IWM PST 5042

Description: British conscription poster : "MILITARY SERVICE ACT, 1916 Every man to whom the Act applies will on Thursday, March 2nd, be deemed to have enlisted for the period of the War unless he is excepted or exempt. Any man who has adequate grounds for applying to a Local Tribunal for a CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION under this act Must do so BEFORE THURSDAY, MARCH 2 Why wait for the Act to apply to you ? Come now and join of your own free will. You can at once put your claim before a Local Tribunal for exemption from being called up for Military Service if you wish. ATTEST NOW" For Welsh language version see File:Welsh Military Service Act 1916 poster IWM Art.IWM PST 5029.jpg
Title: Military Service Act 1916 poster IWM Art.IWM PST 5042
Credit: Parliamentary and Joint Labour Recruiting Committees (publisher/sponsor) POSTER No. 159. Wt. W. 17147/783. This photograph Art.IWM PST 5042 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: British Government
Permission: This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 1973; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1973.HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply) More information. See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
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License: Public domain
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