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Vine in 1914: Your Country Needs You
As soon as Britain entered the war, Secretary of State Lord Kitchener began a recruitment drive aimed at dramatically expanding Britain鈥檚 armed forces.
The call for volunteers was met with immediate success 鈥� with Kitchener鈥檚 initial target of 100,000 new recruits signing up almost immediately.
Enforced conscription would not be introduced until March 1916.
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Vine in 1914—Jeremy Vine
A real-time journey through the events, voices and music of World War One.
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