Scottish Volunteers

Question 1

Propaganda posters

Answer 1

54 million propaganda materials were published during the war appealed to Scottish pride and identity

Question 2

Music Halls

Answer 2

Songs like ‘all the boys in khaki get the nice girls’ encouraged men to volunteer as it depicted that women found military men attractive

Question 3

Peer Pressure

Answer 3

Pressure from family and women attaching white feathers, which labelled them as cowards, causing men to sign up as they did not want to be isolated from society

Question 4

Adventure

Answer 4

Many men had never left Scotland before and believed going to France/Belgium was a once in a lifetime opportunity

Question 5

Duty

Answer 5

Many men saw it as their responsibility to defend their king and country

Question 6

Pals Batallion

Answer 6

Many joined up with their friends and family because of their role models, 13 hearts players signed up causing 600 fans to sign up in 6 days