'Let 'em all come: Home Defence Battalions, men 41-55' (British Army recruiting poster)
A moustached older soldier in a steel helmet, rifle on his shoulder, lights his pipe with calm unconcern while an airfield stands behind him. The quoted slogan 'Let 'em all come' casts the 41-55 age group as an unflappable ordinary man, the homely pipe doing the persuading.
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Home Guard / Army recruiting for Home Defence Battalions (artist F. G. A. Scott; IWM Art.IWM PST 6229)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Chamberlain Government
- Leader
- Neville Chamberlain
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Plain folks
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Imperial War Museums (scan via Wikimedia Commons), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright expired; PD-UKGov per Wikimedia Commons)
Frederick George Alfred Scott (artist); Home Guard (sponsor); Lowe and Brydone Printers Ltd, London NW10; Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Imperial War Museums, Art.IWM PST 6229; scan via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
"Let 'em all come" MEN 41-55 HOME DEFENCE BATTALIONS Apply at any Army Recruiting Centre Now [illegible: small print at the lower right]
Read from the committed image.
