Recruitment Centres

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Although Britain started the war with 700 000 soldiers and 1 million freshly enlisted troops ready to fight in this “moral crusade”, the war consumed the lives of more soldiers than Britain could train. As a result, Britain instituted conscription in 1916, conscripting 2.5 million men over the course of the war. This strained public sentiment towards the war effort.
“Not for love of battle, not for lust of conquest, not for greed of possessions, but for the cause of honour, to maintain