White feather campaign.
The white feather campaign was introduced by Lord Kitchener (see page two) in 1914. This campaign was where women (of all ages) would patrol the streets/shopping centre humiliating men they thought should join the army. The women would hand out white feathers (a sign of cowardice) to men that were fit to join the army. For the men this would be very embarrassing so they would join up straight away. A few women would also hold up signs with writing on them.
Pals battalion.
This was a method of increasing the amount of men joining up. Lord Kitchener introduced this method in 1914. Pals battalion was where a group of men e.g. football teams, cricket teams, choirs, etc would join the army/war as a group. The advantages of being part of pals battalion was that you were with people you knew/friends, the war was more enjoyable you would not need to make friends , the atmosphere would be a little more enjoyable. The disadvantages were… unfortunately if you were attacked you may see your friends die, get injured, get shell shocked, be in agony! Etc you may loose hope and there sprits would decrease rapidly, groups of people would die together , you may quarrel with a friend and not be able to sort things out… Pals battalion was soon gone because less and less men were joining the army/war voluntarily this was because friends and relatives were seeing each other getting slaughtered. (Lenham had quite a few pals battalions)
