Maybe im asking the wrong question. If i‘m a poor worker and have dependent wife and children, why should i volunteer to fight in the war? Risking becoming invalid and being unable to continue my work after war and becoming a charity case. Especially in the ww1, the uk was not really threatened by the things happening on the continent: austria monarchy-germany (prussia) vs russia-france. It was the empire, india, south africa with the commerce and royal navy. But those were bigger interests. And the monarchs were all related (english, german, russian).
Maybe im asking the wrong question. If i‘m a poor worker and have dependent wife and children, why should i volunteer to fight in the war? Risking becoming invalid and being unable to continue my work after war and becoming a charity case. Especially in the ww1, the uk was not really threatened by the things happening on the continent: austria monarchy-germany (prussia) vs russia-france.
It was the empire, india, south africa with the commerce and royal navy. But those were bigger interests. And the monarchs were all related (english, german, russian).
Nowadays the same happens again, poor people goes fe in the US army.