Your King & Country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the British Empire
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Title
Your King & Country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the British Empire
Subject
First World War
Description
British poster from the First World War (1914) showing a Scottish soldier in Belgium. The 'wee "scrap o' paper"' mentioned at the bottom of the illustration refers to German chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg's dismissal of the 1839 Treaty of London (protecting Belgian independence and neutrality) as a scrap of paper in a speech on 4 August.
Creator
Lawson Wood
Date
1914
Format
Poster
Collection
Tags
Citation
Lawson Wood, “Your King & Country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the British Empire,” The Propaganda Archive, accessed May 15, 2026, https://www.propagandopolis.org/items/show/249.