Monthly recruiting figures for the British Army in the First World War

This is a table of the number of recruits for the British Army during the First World War, 1914–1918.

All recruits were volunteers until January 1916, when men were recruited under the Derby Scheme and as conscripts following the Military Service Act 1916. From July 1917, all recruits were counted as Conscripts.

MonthVolunteersConscripts & AttestedTotalAugust 1914298,9230298,923September 1914462,9010462,901October 1914 136,8110136,811November 1914169,8620169,862December 1914117,8600117,860January 1915156,2900156,290February 191587,896087,896March 1915113,9070113,907April 1915119,0870119,087May 1915135,2630135,263June 1915114,6790114,679July 191595,413095,413August 191595,980095,980September 191571,617071,617October 1915113,2850113,285November 1915121,7930 121,793December 191555,152055,152January 191649,41116,55465,965February 191618,738 79,89198,629March 191615,876113,617129,493April 191615,11991,789106,908May 191631,01394,755125,768June 191621,109 135,277156,386July 19168,61179,60288,213August 19168,157103,614111,771September 19165,45465,74171,195October 19164,90692,77897,684November 19163,06072,99876,058December 19163,30848,69752,005January 19174,65281,01785,669February 19174,181114,060118,241March 19173,130116,409119,539April 19173,125 83,90787,032May 19174,32284,17288,494June 19174,25877,45681,714July 1917060,36760,367August 1917049,35449,354September 1917037,34237,342October 1917036,54336,543November 1917030,82330,823December 19170 24,92824,923January 1918035,15035,150February 1918033,72233,722March 1918030,19730,197April 19180 78,29878,298May 1918084,01984,019June 1918088,95088,950July 1918059,36059,360August 1918029,91829,918September 1918022,55022,550October 1918023,76823,768Totals2,675,1492,277,6234,952,767

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