Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Recruitment to the British Army during World War I" in English language version.
In the Recruiting Supplement which is presented free with to-day's issue of The Times will bo found a letter in which Lord Derby explains in further detail the conditions by which the success of his recruiting scheme will be judged.
SMEBE has monthly recruiting data for Regs and TF combined for the whole war (shown in the chart below). I wonder how long it took for the casualty data to hit home? The dates for Loos run into mid October, so allowing for a few weeks for the casualty numbers to filter back, it is possible that the full impact was not absorbed by the public until mid to late November?
I recall late Sep 1914 that the authorities tightened up the requirements in order to put the brakes on recruiting, only to relax it again in Nov 1914, once the backlog had started to clear. The effects can be clearly seen in the daily data (see below). The subtle changes in the recruiting criteria are of great interest. Sadly I only have daily recruiting data for 1914 [within "New Armies: Organisation", archive reference WO 162/3]. Thereafter it becomes monthly.
