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Kitchener appointed Sec of State for War
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Recruitment and Propaganda
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Call for men including married men
Call for another 100,000 men between the ages of 18 and 35, this time including married men. -
750,000 volunteers had enlisted
Kitchener's army 750,000 volunteers by late september 1914. -
Married men who had attested called up
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Lord Derby appointed Director of Recruitment
Derby is appointed and call on all men aged 18-41 to attest/pledge to enlist. -
Many men had still not enlisted
By December, only, 343,000 men had attested , more than 1,000,000 unmarried men had still not enlisted. -
Conscription Introduced
Military Service bill introduced for all single men and childless widowers 18-40. -
Male conscription
All men were conscripted, by 1918 51 year old men were being conscripted.
