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    The local newspapers are very interesting reading for WW1, much more so than WW2 when anything of real interest was censored out.

    The Dover Express, Telegraph, Standard and others are full of patriotic 'Join Up' adverts at the outbreak of war in 1914. Great recruiting drives were held at the Kings Hall and other locations by the local regiments, especially the Buffs. Locals were encouraged to join up to do their part for King and Country to defeat German 'Kultur', appealing to comradeship and patriotism. These seem to fade away during 1915 and the recruiting drives become more formal and somber.

    After the advent of conscription in March 1916 the Dover Express was actually publishing wanted lists of local men of military age who had gone missing. They published names and addresses of locals so that if any of these men were encountered, they could be reported to the military authorities.

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