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[[File:Your Country Needs You (postcard).jpg|thumb|270px|One of many of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener's recruiting poster.]]
The Great War had turned into a war of attrition. Neither side were moving and the lives already lost had made a substantial impact on the Regular and Territorial Force already in place. The [[BEF]] had to retreat from Mons. This resulted in needing more men if it was to successfully provide the support the French desperately needed to hold off the overwhelming German forces on the Western Front.
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener called for volunteers to join the army and help with the fighting overseas. The volunteers would join for a duration of three years, giving time for adequate training before being shipped abroad. Lord Kitchener had promised that friends who joined up together would be able to train and serve together; an interesting strategy used to gain the numbers required. Little did he know at the time how successful this was to become. Within just three weeks 100,000 men had volunteered for [[Glossary:Kitchener's Army|Kitchener’s New Army]]; men from many different backgrounds across the entire country. These men would be formed of ‘local’ battalions relative to the county/town in which enlisted. They became known as the ‘Pals’ battalions.
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