Our Fighting Men Must Eat
Blue-ground poster of a knife, fork and spoon beside a boxed notice for a free exhibition at Charing Cross Underground station, 13 April to 9 May, produced for the women's services. This is an exhibition notice rather than an argument; the closest technique is identity-fusion, since the headline 'Our Fighting Men Must Eat' casts the viewer's own catering work as part of the fighting force.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ministry of Information, produced for the W.R.N.S., A.T.S. and W.A.A.F. (printed for HMSO by Geo. Gibbons Ltd.); artist T. G.
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, published 1939-1945, 50 years expired; hosted by owner decision)
Ministry of Information (printed for HMSO by Geo. Gibbons Ltd.); artist T. G. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-322.
Text on the object
Our Fighting Men Must Eat AN EXHIBITION AT CHARING CROSS UNDERGROUND STATION FROM APRIL 13TH TO MAY 9TH (SUNDAYS INCLUDED) 9.30 A.M. TO 7.30 P.M. ADMISSION FREE PRODUCED FOR THE W.R.N.S., A.T.S., W.A.A.F. BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION TG [imprint:] PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY GEO. GIBBONS LTD. 51-3234
