Private Henry Page was a talented cartoonist who, before conscription to the British Army, ... The post WWI soldier’s scrapbook reveals cartoons about life on front lines appeared first on Talker.

The ‘real’ enemies. The year 1917 marked the death of voluntary enlistment in Canada and bore witness to the Conscription Crisis. The Battle of the Somme in northern France the previous year ...

The Military Service Act ushered in Conscription in Britain in January 1916. Two years later, in the face of heavy losses on the front line, Britain decided compulsory military conscription should ...

The great conscription crisis suddenly eased. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King’s political future remained as uncertain as the war’s duration. But he still held grimly to his office ...

McNaughton’s troubles multiplied. The socialist CCF piled in, decided to have a try at beating McNaughton too. They will nominate their candidate next week.