Recruitment to the British Army during the First World War | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-09

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00:00:42 1 August 1914
00:02:14 2 Volunteer Army, 1914–15
00:06:48 3 The Derby Scheme
00:09:51 4 Conscription 1916–18
00:15:03 5 Ireland
00:15:32 6 Recruiting staff
00:16:03 7 See also



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At the beginning of 1914 the British Army had a reported strength of 710,000 men including reserves, of which around 80,000 were regular troops ready for war. By the end of the First World War almost 1 in 4 of the total male population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had joined up, over five million men. Of these men, 2.67 million joined as Volunteers and 2.77 million as conscripts (although some volunteered after conscription was introduced and would most likely have been conscripted anyway). Monthly recruiting rates for the army varied dramatically.