WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965)

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WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
A larger poster, reading: "COME THEN LET US TO THE TASK TO THE BATTLE & THE TOIL. Each to Our Part, Each to Our Station, Fill the Armies, Rule the Air, Pour out the Munitions, Strangle the U-boats, Sweep the Mines, Plough the Land, Build the Ships, Guard the Streets, Succour the Wounded, Uplift the Downcast & Honour the Brave. Let us go forward together in all parts of the Empire, in all parts of this Island. There is not a week, nor a day, nor an hour to be lost. Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister," poster reference number: (F 295) Wt. 9097-6250. Gp.959 4/41, printed in England by Fosh & Cross Ltd, in red and black with decorative border, 29½ x 19½in. (folded). [not in Woods]

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This differs from the preceeding versions of the poster in designating Churchill as Prime Minister. He became Prime Minister on 10 May 1940. The 4/41 in the poster reference is presumably April 1941, the date of issue. Fosh and Cross are known to have been printers to the government.

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