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Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
Category Communication artifacts
Sub-category Advertising medium
Department Art and Memorials
Museum CWM
Earliest 1900/10/01
Latest 1900/10/01
Medium ink
Support paper
Materials Paper
Service Component Canadian Militia
Person / Institution Subject, Roberts , V.C., K.G., K.P., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., P.C., Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh
Measurements Height 66.0 cm, Width 83.5 cm
Related activity Recruiting

Caption Poster
Additional Information Notice the name of Plantagenet McCarthy in the bottom right hand corner. "Planty" served in the South African War and the First and Second World Wars. During the First World War, he was reputedly wounded 29 times.

wartime recruiting poster, Our Boys In Khaki - Lord Roberts, Commander-In-Chief, And The Heroes Of The Ottawa Valley Who Served In South Africa, 1899-1900