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World War One voices: Signing up to fight
What it was like to sign up to fight in World War One, by those who were there.
In this audio slideshow you hear voices including that of Irving Jones, S G Little, Elizabeth Lee, Arthur Tevendale, Norman Demuth, Bill Haine and Tommy Keele.
Audio is courtesy of the Imperial War Museum's archives. For more you can download the 'Voices of the First World War' podcasts by visiting http://www.1914.org.
Images copyright: Imperial War Musuem and Getty Images.
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