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title: Surely You Will Fight for Your King and Country (Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No. 83)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/surely-you-will-fight-king-and-country-uk-1915/
description: A portrait of King George V sits above a red map of the British Isles, between the words 'Surely you will fight for your' and 'Come along, boys.
section: Collection
---

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# Surely You Will Fight for Your King and Country (Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No. 83)

A portrait of King George V sits above a red map of the British Isles, between the words 'Surely you will fight for your' and 'Come along, boys, before it is too late'. The tell for transfer is the pairing of the monarch's portrait and the national map with the enlistment appeal; the tell for bandwagon is 'Come along, boys', which frames enlisting as joining others.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SURELY YOU WILL
FIGHT FOR YOUR
[portrait of King George V]
AND
COME ALONG, BOYS,
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE
[imprint:] PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, LONDON.-POSTER No. 83.   PRINTED BY JAS. TRUSCOTT & SON, LTD., SUFFOLK LANE, LOND[ON]
```

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