It is Far Better to Face the Bullets than to be Killed at Home by a Bomb.
poster, recruiting, chromolithograph, poster, recruiting
Accession Number
NAM.1977-06-81-1
Description
Recruiting poster, ‘It is Far Better to Face the Bullets than to be Killed at Home by a Bomb', 1915 (c). Chromolithograph, issued by the Publicity Department, Central Recruiting Depot, Whitehall, printed by Andrew Reid & Co Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1915 (c). Zeppelin caught in the beam of a searchlight over a silhouette of the London skyline. Text beneath image: 'IT IS FAR BETTER/ TO FACE THE BULLETS/ THAN TO BE KILLED/ AT HOME BY A BOMB/ JOIN THE ARMY AT ONCE/ & HELP TO STOP AN AIR RAID/ GOD SAVE THE KING'. One of 49 posters, World War One (1914-1918).
Campaigns
World War One, Outbreak of War (1914), World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918), World War One, Home Front (1914-1918)
Units
Associated collection





