WW1 Recruitment

Question 1

how many soldiers were ready to be deployed in 1914?

Answer 1

120,000

Question 2

when did Kitchener start recruiting for his ‘new army’?

Answer 2

August 1914

Question 3

what was Kitchener’s ‘new army’?

Answer 3

an all volunteer army

Question 4

rate of Kitchener’s army recruitment in first week

Answer 4

100 men an hour

Question 5

who set up the British War Propaganda Bureau?

Answer 5

Lloyd-George

Question 6

what were examples of propaganda used for recruitment?

Answer 6

drawings
paintings
posters
films
newspaper articles
books

Question 7

what was a major reason for men wanting to join up?

Answer 7

ant-German sentiment

Question 8

what created this anti-German sentiment?

Answer 8

reports such as the “Report on Alleged German Outrages”

created suspicions of German troops and generated hatred towards Germans

Question 9

what major event was used to propel recruitment propganda?

Answer 9

the execution of Edith Cavell in October 1915

Question 10

what was Edith Cavell’s execution portrayed as?

Answer 10

an act of heroism and bravery
encouraged men at home to act in the same way and sign up

Question 11

how many men had enlisted in the first 16 months of the war?

Answer 11

2.5 million

Question 12

who was the Director General of Recruiting in 1914?

Answer 12

Lord Derby

Question 13

who introduced the ‘Pals Battalions’?

Answer 13

Lord Derby

Question 14

what were ‘Pals Battalions’?

Answer 14

men who joined up as a part of a group would be enlisted together and part of the same battalion
groups of men included:
- work groups
- schools
- football teams

Question 15

what was the reason for the introduction of the ‘Pals Battalions’?

Answer 15

Lord Derby believed that encouraging peers and relatives to enlist together would lead to more recruits

Question 16

by September 1914 how many towns had Pals Batallions?

Answer 16

50

Question 17

why did the formation of Pals battalions have a detrimental affect on society?

Answer 17

as many men from the same town would enlist and fight together, the murderous nature of war meant that these battalions would almost be wiped out all at once
this left very few men from cetain towns to return home, leaving many women widowed and supportless

Question 18

which Pals Battalion was wiped out on the first day of the Somme?

Answer 18

Accrington Pals

Question 19

what was the age restriction for enlisting?

Answer 19

18

Question 20

how did many under-age boys enlist?

Answer 20

they lied about their age

Question 21

how much was a recruiting officer paid and what does this suggest?

Answer 21

£6 for each person they enlist
therefore many recruitment probably turned a blind eye to make money

Question 22

how many under-age soldiers were recruited during WW1?

Answer 22

250,000

Question 23

who introduced the Derby Scheme?

Answer 23

Lord Derby

Question 24

what was the Derby Scheme?

Answer 24

way in which men who were not enlisted were pressured into enlisting

Question 25

how was the Derby Scheme a social pressure on men at home?

Answer 25

as part of the scheme, men had to disclose whether or not they would enlist to either a war veteran or the father of a serving soldier must have been difficult to say NO to someone impacted by war

Question 26

how many men did the Derby Scheme enlist?

Answer 26

300,000

Question 27

how many refused the decleration required by the Derby Scheme?

Answer 27

1/3 of married men 1/3 of single men

Question 28

what led the govt to decide on conscription?

Answer 28

the mass losses suffered by the BEF across the world

Question 29

when was The Military Service Act introduced?

Answer 29

January 1916

Question 30

what were the exemptions to enlistment of the 1916 Military Service Act?

Answer 30

- being married - widowed with kids - in the RN - minister of religion - in a reserved occupation

Question 31

when was conscription extended to married men?

Answer 31

May 1916

Question 32

when did conscription extend to British men living abroad?

Answer 32

July 1917

Question 33

when was the age limit raised to 51?

Answer 33

April 1918

Question 34

why was Ireland exempt to conscription laws?

Answer 34

the 1916 Easter Uprising showed Irish discontent

Question 35

how many men volunteered between August 1914 and the introduction of conscription?

Answer 35

3 million

Question 36

how many men were cinscripted in WW1 by Britain?

Answer 36

2.3 million

Question 37

what was a conscientious objector?

Answer 37

people who refused to fight in moral or religious grounds

Question 38

what were the types of conscientious objectors?

Answer 38

pacifists who were against war political objectors who did not see Germany as the enemy religious objections (Quakers, Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Question 39

which act included the ‘conscience clause’?

Answer 39

Miltary Service Act 1916

Question 40

how many men claimed to be conscientious objectors?

Answer 40

16,000

Question 41

who were ‘absolutists’?

Answer 41

conscientious objectors who wanted NO role in war at all

Question 42

what happened to ‘absolutists’?

Answer 42

they were sent to prison and suffered harsh treatment

Question 43

what was the ‘Order of the White Feather’?

Answer 43

women would hand white feathers to men at home who did not wear uniform intended to shame the conscientious objectors many of these women had men in their families fighting at the front

Question 44

what was the WSPU?

Answer 44

the Women’s Social and Political Union

Question 45

what was the proposal made to the British govt by the WSPU?

Answer 45

the women’s rights movement would suspend their pursuit for the vote, instead supporting the war effort in full AS LONG AS suffragete imprisoners were released

Question 46

who was the leader of the WSPU?

Answer 46

Emmeline Pankhurst

Question 47

what changed in the outlook of the suffragette movement?

Answer 47

started being extremely patriotic and attacked anything deemed anti-war less focus on the fight for the vote

Question 48

who used Emmeline Pankhurst to recruit female workers?

Answer 48

Lloyd George

Question 49

what was the new name of the newspaper of the WSPU?

Answer 49

Brittania

Question 50

how many opposed conscription at Trafalgar Square in 1916?

Answer 50

over 200,000

Question 51

what was the ‘No Conscription Fellowship’?

Answer 51

group which actively encouraged men to REJECT military service they pushed for the removal of the Military Service Act of 1916

Question 52

how many women served in some capacity in WW1?

Answer 52

100,000