Empire Day 1914


This picture from 1914 helps illustrate how the ideas and concept around a powerful Empire was used to foster patriotic attitudes and perhaps helped encouraged a willingness for so many to volunteer to fight in the forthcoming World War One. Key volunteering motivations included for God, King and Empire!


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by Stephen Luscombe