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
& Attested		Total
August 1914298,9230298,923
September 1914462,9010462,901
October 1914136,8110136,811
November 1914169,8620169,862
December 1914117,8600117,860
January 1915156,2900156,290
February 191587,896087,896
March 1915113,9070113,907
April 1915119,0870119,087
May 1915135,2630135,263
June 1915114,6790114,679
July 191595,413095,413
August 191595,980095,980
September 191571,617071,617
October 1915113,2850113,285
November 1915121,7930 121,793
December 191555,152055,152
January 191649,41116,55465,965
February 191618,738 79,89198,629
March 191615,876113,617129,493
April 191615,11991,789106,908
May 191631,01394,755125,768
June 191621,109135,277156,386
July 19168,61179,60288,213
August 19168,157103,614111,771
September 19165,45465,74171,195
October 19164,90692,77897,684
November 19163,06072,99876,058
December 19163,30848,69752,005
January 19174,65281,01785,669
February 19174,181114,060118,241
March 19173,130116,409119,539
April 19173,125 83,90787,032
May 19174,32284,17288,494
June 19174,25877,45681,714
July 1917060,36760,367
August 1917049,35449,354
September 1917037,34237,342
October 1917036,54336,543
November 1917030,82330,823
December 19170 24,92824,923
January 1918035,15035,150
February 1918033,72233,722
March 1918030,19730,197
April 19180 78,29878,298
May 1918084,01984,019
June 1918088,95088,950
July 1918059,36059,360
August 1918029,91829,918
September 1918022,55022,550
October 1918023,76823,768
Totals2,675,1492,277,6234,952,767