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Admiral Lord Louis Mountbattern, G.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O.
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Maker: Unknown British Government Thos Forman and Sons
One of a series of Second World War posters featuring portraits of British military leaders and politicians. The series was presented to the Memorial by the United Kingdom Information Office, Martin P...ARTV10360
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O.
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Maker: Unknown British Government Thos Forman and Sons
One of a series of Second World War posters featuring portraits of British military leaders and politicians. The series was presented to the Memorial by the United Kingdom Information Office, Martin P...ARTV10369
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Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Tedder, G.C.B.
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Maker: Unknown British Government Thos Forman and Sons
One of a series of Second World War posters featuring portraits of British military leaders and politicians. The series was presented to the Memorial by the United Kingdom Information Office, Martin P...ARTV10366
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Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur T. Harris, K.C.B., O.B.E, A.F.C.
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Maker: Unknown British Government Thos Forman and Sons
One of a series of Second World War posters featuring portraits of British military leaders and politicians. The series was presented to the Memorial by the United Kingdom Information Office, Martin P...ARTV10354
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A Message from the Minister of Fuel and Power to the Management and Workers
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster published by the Ministry of Fuel and Power targeting the management and workers (presumably of factories and other such industries), encouraging the...ARTV02004
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Are your guards all present and correct
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
poster produced by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to increase awareness of need for safety guards on machinery, depicts a guardsman m...ARTV01682
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Australia has promised Britain 50,000 more men
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Maker: Syno Unknown
Towards the end of 1915, a War Census of the Australian population showed that 244,000 single men of military age were available for enlistment. Accordingly, on 26 November 1915, the government with W...ARTV00021
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Australia in the War
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Maker: Leist, Fred Grafton Galleries Printing Craft Ltd
Lithographic poster advertising an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Australian artists called 'Australians in the War' which was held at Grafton Galleries, London in 1918. The work depicts f...ARTV07022
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Black Diamonds: Exhibition
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power W.R. Royle & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster produced for an exhibition about 'black diamonds' (coal). This was likely related to a film of the same title produced by Ken Annakin. This item has been digitised wi...ARTV02002
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Bones wanted...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British poster issued to encourage citizens to save bones in support of the war effort. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02414
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Britain needs you at once
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.
Recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, depicting Saint George mounted on a white charger killing a dragon.ARTV01139
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But - Russia needs the tools NOW!
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Maker: the Kukryniksy Ministry of Supply Unknown
British war poster issued by the Ministry of Supply. It features a reproduction of a Soviet poster by the Kukryniksy initially published by Iskusstvo in June 1941 in an edition of 2000,000. The image ...ARTV02334
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Buy war bonds now
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Maker: Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
poster depicting soldiers, carrying rifles with fixed bayonets, going into action, text encourages purchase of war bondsARTV00975
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Careless talk costs lives: ".....but of course it musn't go any further!"
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men talking in a railway carriage with Herman Goering and Adolf Hitler sitting in the luggage racks ove...ARTV02450
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Careless talk costs lives: "Don't forget that walls have ears!"
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster depicts two women having tea. The wallpaper is a repeat pattern of Adolf Hitler's head. This one of a series of 'careless talk costs lives' posters by Cyril ...ARTV02448
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Careless talk costs lives: "...strictly between these four walls!'
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men talking in a Club, in front of a portrait of King Charles II with the face of Adolf Hitler. The ima...ARTV02449
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Christmas 1943: latest dates for posting...
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Maker: Beaumont, Leonard G.P.O Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Issued by the General Post Office this poster informs British customers of the latest posting dates for Christmas 1943 and that the Greetings Telegram service is not available. The design is be Leonar...ARTV02441
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60 cigarette cartons: 1 mortar bomb container...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L. : HUBNERS) Hubners Ltd
This poster is one of a campaign urging British citizens not to waste paper. It informs the viewer that the cardboard from cigarette cartons is needed to make boxes for Mortar Bombs. The inclusion of ...ARTV02417
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Comradeship!
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Maker: Bailey, Albert E Haycocks Ltd. Dean Street
Post-First World War; recruitment, encampment; Territorial Army; recruiting poster depicting group of men gathered around a camp fire, tents in backgroundARTV04916
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Correspondence for the Ceylon, Indian, Southeast Asia commands and the Royal and Merchange Navies in foreign waters...
Art
Maker: C & R LTD
Great Britain Post Office war poster encouraging thrift in the post-office by using the lightest possible stationery to send letters. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealt...ARTV02432
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Cut Gas and Electricity - They Both Come from Coal
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fletcher and Son Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster aimed at encouraging the restrictive use of gas and electricity, owing to its reliance upon coal for production. Posters such as these, encouraging Britons to conserve ...ARTV02023
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Cyclists: Help Save Rubber...
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Maker: [LONDON] : MINISTRY OF SUPPLY, 1943 (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS) Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Issued by the Ministry of Supply this poster urges British cyclists to conserve rubber by remembering to keep their tyres fully pumped. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwea...ARTV02418
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Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?
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Maker: Lumley, Savile Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
Depicts a father sitting in an armchair with a look of concern across his face. His son plays with toys soldiers below him on the carpet, while his daughter sits on his knee, pointing to a page in her...ARTV00433
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Dear Daddy... don't get accidented
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
casualty; cautionary poster produced for the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting a child's letter to her father, which includes a s...ARTV01712
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Der Magische Gurtel [The enchanted circle]
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Maker: Erdt, Hans Rudi Konigliche Bild- und Filmamt (Bufa) Vereinigte Kunst-Institute AG, Berlin-Schoneberg
A German First World War propaganda poster that advertises a German official film depicting the submarine U35, which was shot in April 1917. The title of the poster is taken from a speech by Winston C...ARTV10342
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Dig for Victory
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Maker: Tunbridge, Mary H. Manly & Son
This poster was issued as part of the well known 'Dig for Victory' campaign which encouraged Britons to support the war effort by growing their own food. During the war competitions were held calling ...ARTV02403
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Dig for Victory: all my own work
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Maker: LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (LONDON : H. MANLY & SON) H. Manly & Son
British Second World War poster issued in support of 'the Dig for Victory' campaign. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02412
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Disabled sailors and soldiers. What every man should know...
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Maker: Ministry of Pensions Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
Poster issued by the British Ministry of Pensions (formed 1916) to provide information to disabled returned servicemen. It consists of a listing of informative facts and statements emphasising that su...ARTV00117
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Don't Be Fuel-Ish
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of using fuel economically. The poster is one of a campaign featuring humorous cartoons by Henry Bateman that involve a scenario with a cent...ARTV02048
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Don't Be Fuel-Ish: The Man Who Would Not Close Doors
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of using fuel economically. The poster is one of a campaign featuring humorous cartoons by Henry Bateman that involve a scenario with a cent...ARTV02075
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Don't stand looking at it. Take it to the salvage dump
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Maker: Davidson, Charles Lamb British Army Roberts & Leete
British First World War poster depicting a caricature of a heavily laden soldier standing near an old wooden cart wheel, that lies on the ground near him. The accompanying text encourages taking salva...ARTV00113
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Don't stand looking at this
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
British First World War recruitment poster depicts silhouetted soldiers going into action - the text calls for viewers to help them, rather than be content to merely look at the poster. The brown silh...ARTV07427
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Don't telephone or telegraph if a letter or a post-card will do
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster issued by the General Post Office to encourage citizens to reduce their use of telephones and telegraphs in support of the war effort. This item has been digitised with funding provide...ARTV02409
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Don't telephone or telegraph if a letter or a postcard will do
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Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold H.M. Stationery Office G.C.M. Printing Service
This poster was issued by the General Post Office as part of a campaign to encourage British Citizens to reduce their use of telephones and telegrams in favour of postal communications in support of t...ARTV02408
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Don't waste bread!
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Maker: Ministry of Food Clarke & Sherwell Ltd.
bakery products, bread, woman, submarine; poster produced by the British Ministry of Food, encouraging reduced consumption of bread with consequent saving of scarce resources at the time of the 'sink ...ARTV00378
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Don't Waste Here the Fuel You Save at Home
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster published by the Ministry of Fuel and Power for use in factories and other places of 'vital war work'. The poster highlights that people should be energy-conscious not ...ARTV02005
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Don't Waste Here the Fuel You Save at Home
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Maker: Bird, Cyril Kenneth Ministry of Fuel and Power Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster, designed by well known propaganda artist 'Fougasse', issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power for display in factories. It shows a painter changing words in a slogan, ...ARTV02006
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Don't Waste Oil - Not a Drop - Not a Splash
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power Chromoworks Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of saving oil. The poster is one of a series produced by Henry Bateman that comprise a central character wasting some for of essential goods...ARTV02013
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Do you know your dinghy drill?
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Maker: R T P Ministry of Aircraft Production M.M.P.Ltd
This Second World War poster (Air diagram 2802) was issued by the Ministry of Aircraft Production in May 1943. It features a cartoon of an airman practicing his dinghy drill by jumping into a small wo...ARTV10270
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Eat Less Bread
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A., Ltd.)
bakery products, bread; poster urging people to 'eat less bread', which will save scarce resourcesARTV07403
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Every garden a larder: Grow more - buy less
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Maker: Unknown
This poster was issued by the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries in support of a campaign asking Britons to grow their own food. It is designed to be over printed with the contact details for local C...ARTV02402
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Everyone Should Back Up the Fuel Watcher
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Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of saving and conserving fuel. The poster depicts factory worker holding a spanner looking back at something out of view of the audience. Th...ARTV02015
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Every pound invested in national war bonds...
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Maker: A J British Government Unknown
ship yards, warship; poster depicting a ship being built, encouraging purchase of war bondsARTV00970
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Feed the guns with war bonds.
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Maker: Stanley, Sidney Walter G.P. Ltd.
poster depicting soldier with rifle and fixed bayonet in action at the Front, encouraging purchase of war bondsARTV00938
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Feed the guns with war bonds and help to bring them down
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Maker: National War Savings Committee National War Savings Committee Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
British First World War poster promoting the sale of War Bonds. It features three crossed searchlight beams over a silhouetted London city skyline, and flak from anti-aircraft fire. Two small yellow b...ARTV00936
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Feed the guns with war bonds and help to end the war
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Maker: B T Thomas, Samuel Herbert H.G.B. Ltd
This striking design by Bert Thomas (1883-1966) was poster No. 124 issued by the National War Savings Committee in September 1918. It depicts a sailor and guns aboard a battleship at sea. The poster w...ARTV00962
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Forces letter...you can still use lightweight air-letter forms when writing to the forces...
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Maker: Freedman, Barnett
This poster was issued by the General Post Office to inform British Citizens hat they can use light weight air-letter forms to communication with Forces based in India, Ceylon and South East Asia. Als...ARTV02443
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For England and Freedom! Join the Territorial Army
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Maker: Cattermole, Lance British Army WM. Hobbs & Sons Ltd.
British Territorial Army recruiting poster. One of a series published in 1938 featuring artwork by Lance Cattermole. This poster is No. 8 of the series aimed at attracting English volunteers. In the f...ARTV10164
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For You to Produce Cold Someone Must Burn Fuel: Save Fuel for Battle!
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power The National Cold Stores Committee H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster highlighting the importance of saving fuel. This poster targets cooling and the fuel that it takes to cool something and encourages its audience to m...ARTV02016
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General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, K.C.B., D.S.O.
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Maker: Unknown British Government Thos Forman and Sons
One of a series of Second World War posters featuring portraits of British military leaders and politicians. The series was presented to the Memorial by the United Kingdom Information Office, Martin P...ARTV10357
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General Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander, G.C.B, C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C.
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Maker: Unknown British Government Thos Forman and Sons
One of a series of Second World War posters featuring portraits of British military leaders and politicians. The series was presented to the Memorial by the United Kingdom Information Office, Martin P...ARTV10363
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General Sir William Slim, K.C.B, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.
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Maker: Unknown British Government Thos Forman and Sons
One of a series of Second World War posters featuring portraits of British military leaders and politicians. The series was presented to the Memorial by the United Kingdom Information Office, Martin P...ARTV10372
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Give bones for salvage and save shipping
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office F.W.W. & Co
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry for Supply encouraging the salvaging of bones for use in making explosives, fertilisers, animal food, and glue. The message is in the form of a n...ARTV02100
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Green vegetables keep you well
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Maker: Beaumont H.M. Stationery Office Haycock Press
British Second World War poster by Beaumont promoting the consumption of green vegetables. The text dominates the majority of the poster on a central black trapezium with a background of green blotche...ARTV01792
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Guidance for Boiler-House Staffs on Control of CO2
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster targeting boiler-house staff to familiarise them on the importance of the correct percentage of carbon dioxide to use in order to maximise their efficiency of fuel usag...ARTV02001
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Halt!
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Maker: Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Clerkenwell Press Ltd.
recruiting poster, text only, produced for the British Parliamentary Recruiting CommitteeARTV04895
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Here comes the bride
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Maker: Mount, Edward Reginald H.M. Stationery Office W R Royale & Son Ltd
British Second World War advisory poster designed by Reginald Mount, commissioned by the Ministry of Health and the Central Council for Health Education. The poster depicts a stylised graphic of a whi...ARTV07781
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If He Should Fall Is Your Blood There to Save Him?
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Maker: Games, Abram Her Majesty's Stationary Office Field Sons & Co. Ltd
British Second World War poster by Abram Games. The poster appeals for blood donors. Graphic image of a Second World War Soldier's head and helmet. A red tube protuding from the text in the centre and...ARTV02017
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If you can't go to the factory help the neighbour who can
Art
Maker: Ministry of Health Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
Poster issued by the Ministry of Health, depicting a woman waving goodbye to children being welcomed into a house by another woman, poster encourages those not working in factories to care for childre...ARTV01970
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If you must telephone be brief
Art
Maker: Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
This poster was issued by the General Post Office as part of a campaign to encourage British Citizens to reduce their use of telephones and telegrams in favour of postal communications in support of t...ARTV02405
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It might be you! Caring for evacuees is a national service
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Maker: Ministry of Health J Weiner Ltd J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Health. The poster reminds the viewer that caring for refugees is a national service and makes an association between the charitable act on th...ARTV00326
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It's our flag
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Maker: Lipscombe, Guy Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
patriotism, national flag, recruitment; poster depicting the Union Jack, the national flag of the United KingdomARTV07447
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I wonder if I did?
Art
Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
civilian, bed and bedding; cautionary poster produced by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting a man alseep in bed, dreaming he i...ARTV01686
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Join the Anti-Aircraft units of the Territorial Army and make Britain a stronghold of freedom
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Maker: Cattermole, Lance British Army J Weiner Ltd
British Territorial Army recruitment poster. One of a series published in 1938 featuring artwork by Lance Cattermole. This poster is No. 3 of the series aimed at attracting volunteers to work in anti-...ARTV10163
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Join the ATS
Art
Maker: Games, Abram HMSO Fosh & Cross Ltd.
A British recruitment poster encouraging women to join the Auxiliary Territorial Service, depicting a stylised portrait of a woman in profile, wearing an ATS forage cap. This was one of three designs ...ARTV01379
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Keep broken glass off the roads
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Maker: Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster encouraging people to be aware of broken glass on roads as it ruins lyres. A stylised graphic of a hand made out of tryes in the top right corner of the poster draws th...ARTV02419
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Keep broken glass off the roads it ruins tyres
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Maker: Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster encouraging people to be aware of broken glass on roads as it ruins lyres. A stylised graphic of a hand made out of tryes in the top right corner of the poster draws th...ARTV02486
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'Lag' to Keep Heat In
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Maker: Bingler Ministry of Fuel and Power Greycaines Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of 'lagging', or insulating pipes and tanks relating to hot water. By insulating both the tank itself and the cold water intake, it meant th...ARTV02007
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Lend a hand on the land
Art
Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British Second World War advertising poster. As the Second World War continued, with men required for military service, and the production of food becoming more and more critical to the war effort, th...ARTV02484
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Lend a hand on the land
Art
Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Agriculture Chromoworks Ltd
As the Second World War continued, with men required for military service, and the production of food becoming more and more critical to the war effort, the British Government introduced the 'lend a h...ARTV04096
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Lend a Hand on the Land: Spend Your Leave or Spare Time Helping Farmers
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster aiming to encourage service people to assist in farming during their leave. Programs such as this one were common throughout Allied countries, with those who took up th...ARTV01240
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Lubricating Oil Is Imported in Tankers: No Economy Is Too Small to Count
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Maker: Stone, Marcus Ministry of Fuel and Power Charles & Read Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting and promoting the importance of conserving lubricating oil. The poster highlights how lubricating oil needs to be imported (to Britain) and therefore shoul...ARTV02014
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Meeting over Berlin
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Maker: Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War propaganda poster issued as part of a campaign by the Government to incite anti - Nazi sentiment in 1941. This poster illustrates the significance of a British Soviet air powe...ARTV10219
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Mightier yet
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Maker: Pym, Harold A. Greycaines Ltd.
British Second World War poster by Harold Pym. Depicts a British tank with text asserting Britain's increasing military strength. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Go...ARTV02319
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National Service: Women's Land Army
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Maker: Hewit, Forest Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
This British recruitment poster for the Women's Land Army depicts a young female recruit filling a feed trough with hay for a horse and foal.ARTV01018
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"No, he didn't tell me what his regiment was..." or even his name - he must have been reading those posters.."
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Maker: 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
hospital; poster depicting a young woman in a hospital bed with a new baby, her woman visitor is being told 'he must have been reading those posters' (about guarding against careless talk)ARTV07965
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Now, back the bayonets with your war savings certificates
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Maker: after C R W Nevinson National War Savings Committee Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
British First World War poster issued by the National War Savings Committee (Poster No. 104) featuring a design after C R W Nevinson depicting massed fixed bayonets printed in orange against a bright ...ARTV00965
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"OI." Dig out those flints...
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Maker: Thomas, Samuel Herbert LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (LONDON : HAYCOCK PRESS) Haycock Press
This British Second World War poster was issued as part of a Ministry of Supply campaign to encourage the conservation of rubber. It features a humorous cartoon by well known British cartoonist Bert T...ARTV02415
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Oil Is Imported in Tankers: Economy Is Vital
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the need to save oil. The poster describes common engines that use large amount of oil and how by limiting their use it would mean that a greater percentag...ARTV02012
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Owners of Private Cars and Garage Proprietors Are Warned That
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Maker: Petroleum Department S.P. & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster highlighting the importance of economising and saving fuel. The poster highlights certain fuel-related offences and the penalties that apply to them....ARTV02003
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Percy Vere no.15
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Maker: Mendoza, Montague Philip Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
one of a series of cautionary posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers observing (or not observing) safety and ...ARTV01772
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20 periodicals: one seat for a pilot...
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Maker: LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] ( S.L. : HUBNERS) Hubners Ltd
This poster is one in a campaign that urges British citizens not to waste paper. It informs the viewer that tons of paper is needed to make seats for aircrew. The inclusion of an image of a young pilo...ARTV02416
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Pictorial presentation of the true Aryan...
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Maker: Unknown
British Second World War propaganda poster issued as part of a campaign by the Government to incite anti - Nazi sentiment in 1941. This poster features 3 caricatures of Hitler, Göring and Goebbels (a...ARTV10220
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Please let passengers off the car first
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Maker: London Underground Railways Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts a man in a rush to board a train, knocks over an alighting passenger. This one of a series of posters by Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965) that focus on public man...ARTV02505
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Please pass down the car
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Maker: London Passenger Transport Board Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts man on railway station platform looking at railway carriage, while passengers are jammed together inside doorway. However, there is much more space further in t...ARTV02227
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Please stand on the right of the escalator
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Maker: London Passenger Transport Board Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts an escalator giving access to/from an Underground (Tube) Station. A line of passengers stands on the right, while one man standing on the left has an 'L' sign ...ARTV02226
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Postcard services to Belgium & Greece
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Public information notice issued by the G.P.O listing postcard services to Belgium & Greece. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02433
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"Provided factory workers..."
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply Unknown
poster features portrait of the British Prime Minister, Mr (later Sir) Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, with a quotation from one of his speeches to the House of Commons, 28 November 1944, expressin...ARTV01797
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Put Strength In The Final Blow: Buy War Bonds
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Maker: Brangwyn, Frank The Avenue Press Ltd.
A First World War British Army poster appealing for people to buy war bonds. It depicts a British soldier attacking and bayonetting a German soldier, while a massed attack goes on in the background. ...ARTV07420
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Rally round the flag...
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Maker: Collett Publicity Department, Central London Recruiting Depot Unknown
Early British First World War recruitment poster issued by the War Office. It is an appeal to the viewers patriotism. The image takes up the whole and is a depiction of a British infantryman holding h...ARTV05143
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recto: Horseplay ; verso: In cases of Serious injury...
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Unknown Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War cautionary poster. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work. This poster provides advice on first aid in cases of serious injury. ...ARTV01636
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recto: It's not your job to take risks; verso: Made to measure...
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Maker: Moore, Desmond Robinson, Wyndham Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 work health and safety posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War ...ARTV01718
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recto: Percy Vere no. 11; verso: Asking for trouble...
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Maker: Eckersley, Thomas Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of a series of cautionary posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers observing (or not observing) safety and ...ARTV02245
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 21); verso: Get first aid at once
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 work health and safety posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War ...ARTV01649
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 14); verso: Grit in the eye...
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Maker: Lee-Elliot Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 accident prevention posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War eff...ARTV01653
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 10); verso: Handle with care
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Maker: Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 work health and safety posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War ...ARTV01622
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 22); verso: He's nasty Nazis were...
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Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of a series of double sided posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers in a factory observing (or not observi...ARTV01641
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recto: Warning; verso: Beware Eye-Pickers...
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Maker: Cusden, Leonard Mendoza Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
Several in a series of accident prevention posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British ...ARTV01639
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Reduce overcrowding by travelling only when you must
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Maker: Fitton, James London Transport Unknown
advisory poster urging travellers only to travel when they must by depicting bus passengers packed into a sardine tinARTV01812
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Remembrance Day: November 11th...wear a Flanders Poppy...
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Maker: Kirth, Maurice British Legion Waterlow & Sons Ltd
Issued by the British Legion, Appeals Department, to promote Field Marshal Haig's 'Poppy Appeal' of 1923. The vivid black and red design of this poster by Maurice Kirth depicts a battlefield which is ...ARTV07621