Quiz - Would you have been accepted to join the army and fight in WW1 in August 1914?
It’s August 1914, and you’re eager to enlist in the army. But would you have made the cut? Find out by taking this quiz written by Catriona Pennell, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter who specialises in the social and cultural history of the First World War.
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