Lord Kitchener Wants You
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Lord Kitchener Wants You is a 1914 advertisement by Alfred Leete which was developed into a recruitment poster. It depicted Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, above the words "WAN
The London Opinion published poster: "Britons: Lord Kitchener Wants You. Join Your Country's Army! God save the King." Modern reproduction from IWM
Eric Field's original design that caught the attention of Lord Kitchener
British World War I recruiting poster featuring the national personification, John Bull, c. 1915. "Who's absent? Is it you?"
John Redmond. Join an Irish Regiment, 1915
Secretary of State for War
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The Secretary of State for War, commonly called the War Secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom. The position existed from 1794 to 1801 and again from 1854 to 1964.
Edward Cardwell, later Viscount Cardwell, Secretary of State for War from 1868 to 1874; architect of the Cardwell Reforms
Henry Raeburn The 1st Viscount Melville N03880 National Gallery
5th Duke Of Newcastle
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