THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 15 | Enlistment and Conscription - Ian Beckett

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, IAN BECKETT, Emeritus Professor of Military History, UNIVERSITY OF KENT, talks about enlistment and conscription during the First World War. IMAGE | British conscription poster : "Military Service Act 1916 - By British Government - United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division, digital ID cph.3g11039. - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19413892. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.