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Recruitment Flashcards

1
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Who was appointed Director-General of Recruiting in 1915

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Lord Derby

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2
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When was Lord Derby appointed D-G of Recruiting?

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1915

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3
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What was Lord Derby’s opinion on conscription

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opposed to it

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4
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How many absolutists were imprisoned

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1,500

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5
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What was the opinion of absolutists

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want nothing to do with war

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6
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How long did Kitchener predict the war would last

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3 years

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7
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Who accurately predicted the war would last 3years, unlike many of his colleagues

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Kitchener

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8
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Who began to create a ‘New Army’

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Kitchener

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9
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By December 1915 how many men were needed

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4million

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10
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What was formed under Charles Masterman to help with recruitment?

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British War Propaganda Board

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11
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Who was the British War Propaganda Board formed under?

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C. Masterman

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12
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Within how many months were 2.5million volunteers raised

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16

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13
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How many volunteers raised within 16 months

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2.5mil

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14
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What monthly rate of volunteers until June 1915

A

125,000 monthly

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15
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What did high volunteer numbers mean?

A

Deferred enlistment had to be introduced

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16
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What did deferred enlisters wear?

A

grey band with red crown

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17
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When was the standard of heigh requirement reduced?

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November 1914

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18
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What were men accused of cowardice for staying home given?

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white feathers

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19
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What propaganda technique was used to inspire recruitment to do with Belgium

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used German war atrocities in Belgium to present Germany as a barbaric state

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20
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The title of the main recruitment appeal in the Times

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“Your King and Country Need You”

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21
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Kitchener’s face was on a recruitment poster with what caption from 1914

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“Join your country’s army”

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22
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When was the National Registration Act introduced?

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July 1915

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23
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What did the NRA show?

A

5 million available men now signed up to fight

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24
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Of the number of available men the NRA revealed, how many were in starred employment

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1.6million

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25
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What did the NRA require

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registration of anyone who may be eligible for military service

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26
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An example of starred employment

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engineering, munitions factories

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27
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Name of one of the most successful methods of recruitment

A

Pals Battalions

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28
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Name of one of the Glasgow Pals Battalions

A

Glasgow Tramways

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29
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Where were Pals Battalions most popular and successful

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northern industrial towns

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30
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How many Battalions did Hull raise

A

X4

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31
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How many Battalions did Glasgow raise

A

X3

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32
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Name X2 areas where Pals Battalions failed to be successful

A

Devon and Cornwall

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33
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Derogatory term for officers

A

Brass Hats

34
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What was done at Sandhurst due to the shortage of officers

A

courses shortened

35
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X2 techniques of gaining more officers to combat the shortage

A

Temporary Commissions offered

Retired officers brought back to service

36
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What did the Lord Derby scheme aim to do?

A

avoid conscription

37
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When was the Lord Derby scheme enforced

A

October 1915

38
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What % of married men still did not come forward under the Lord Derby Scheme

A

54%

39
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What did the Labour government and Asquith think of conscription

A

opposed it

40
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What did the Conservatives of National Government think of conscription

A

urged it

41
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What did DLG think of conscription

A

supported it

42
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When did conservatives take government

A

May 1915

43
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How many men would be required weekly to sign up to maintain the size of the British army in France

A

35,000

44
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When was the first military service act introduced?

A

1916

45
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What did the first military service act mean

A

conscription introduced for single men (18-41yrs old)

46
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What did being conscripted mean for your choices?

A

Cant chose which service / regiment

47
Q

When was the 2nd military service act introduced and what did this mean?

A

May 1916

extended to married men

48
Q

Who were excluded from conscription?

A

men in starred occupations

exceptions for some COs / absolutists

49
Q

Proportion of men in British army who were volunteers

A

1/2

50
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In some industrial areas what % failed to meet standard for service

A

70%

51
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main reason for up to 70% failing to meet standard for service in industrial areas

A

poverty and poor nutrition

52
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By the end of war what proportion of Britains force in France was under 19

A

1/2

53
Q

How many COs were recorded

A

16,500

54
Q

How many COs agreed to serve the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU)

A

1,200

55
Q

Name a Quaker who served with the FAU and helped injured of both sides

A

C. Catchpool

56
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How many COs refused to attend tribunals

A

6,000 absolutists

57
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What unit was set up in 1916 that COs could join, providing physical labour but not engaged in battles

A

Non-Combatant Corps

58
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When was the Non-Combatant Corps established

A

1916

59
Q

How many served in the NCC

A

3,300

60
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What did members of the NCC look like / do

A

wore army uniform, followed army discipline

did not carry a gun or go into battle

61
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Chance of getting at least a temporary exemption from tribunals

A

50%

62
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What was the board of the tribunal made of?

A

locals

63
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When did the No Conscription Fellowship membership peak?

A

1917

64
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Peak of No Conscription Fellowship membership

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5,500 members

65
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Paper of the No Conscription Fellowship

A

The Tribunal

66
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Date the No Conscription Fellowship was founded

A

December 1914

67
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Founders of the No Conscription Fellowship

A

C. Allen & F. Brockway

68
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How many branches did the No Conscription Fellowship have by end of 1915

A

61

69
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How many men aprox. in total were conscripted

A

2.5million

70
Q

What was the job of the Pelham Committee

A

allocates work to COs

71
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How many accepted work from the Pelham Committee

A

4,000

72
Q

Term for the religious group who were derisively called ‘conchies’

A

Christadelphians

73
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Opinion of the Christadelphians

A

refuse to fight but willing to do war related effort

74
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Name of the leading anti-war organisation in Britain

A

Union of Democratic Control

75
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When was the Department of Information set up

A

1917

76
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Who was the Department of Information set up by

A

Buchan

77
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Editors from which papers were present on the DOIs advisory committee

A

Times / Daily Mail
Daily Chronicle
Manchester Guardian

78
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When was propaganda for the British often deployed

A

after loss of progress

e.g during retreat from Mons

79
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What was the rate of recruitment during the first 6 months of conscription?

A

40,000 per month

80
Q

How many new claims for exemption after conscription was introduced?

A

750,000

81
Q

What was the ‘wastage level’ of British men on the eastern front in 1917?

Was this higher than the rate of recruitment?

A

75,000 monthly

more than recruitment

= manpower crisis

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