'Join the Territorial Army It's a real man's life'

Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, after E Earnshaw, 1950 (c). Published by H M Stationery Office, 1950 (c).

During the 1950s the main roles for the Territorial Army were to provide anti-aircraft and coastal defences in Britain and by way of reinforcements overseas; to provide a supporting field force to the Regular Army; and to support Civil Defence organisations against air attack.