Lord Kitchener

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Lord Kitchener was a prominent British field marshal and imperial administrator best known for his leadership in colonial wars and his role as Secretary of State for War during the early years of World War I.

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Lord Kitchener canonical 10
Baron Kitchener of Khartoum 1
Earl Kitchener 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
Secretary of State for War
field marshal
human
imperial administrator
allegiance United Kingdom
associatedWith British imperial policy in Africa and the Middle East
awardReceived Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
linked to: Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
linked to: Knight Grand Cross

Knight of the Garter
Order of Merit
birthDate 1850-06-24
birthPlace Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland
burialPlace St Paul's Cathedral memorial, London (cenotaph)
causeOfDeath shipwreck
conflict Mahdist War
Second Boer War
World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBurialOrCremation 1916-07-02
deathDate 1916-06-05
education Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
fullName Herbert Horatio Kitchener
implemented large-scale volunteer recruitment (Kitchener's Army)
knownFor British Army recruitment campaign poster "Your country needs YOU"
leadership in British colonial wars
role as British Secretary of State for War in early World War I
mannerOfDeath drowning
memberOf House of Lords
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Field Marshal
name Herbert Kitchener
nobleTitle Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome
notableBattle Battle of Omdurman
Relief of Khartoum campaign
linked to: Siege of Khartoum

Second Boer War campaigns in South Africa
linked to: Second Boer War
oversaw expansion of the British Army in 1914–1915
placeOfDeath HMS Hampshire, near Orkney, Scotland
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, Egypt
Commander-in-Chief, India
High Commissioner for Egypt
Secretary of State for War
serviceEnd 1916
serviceStart 1871
title Earl Kitchener
linked to: Lord Kitchener

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Second Boer War combatantCommander Lord Kitchener
Lord Kitchener Wants You poster depicts Horatio Herbert Kitchener
linked to: Lord Kitchener
Lord Kitchener title Earl Kitchener
linked to: Lord Kitchener
Horatio Herbert Kitchener honorificTitle Baron Kitchener of Khartoum
linked to: Lord Kitchener
Cabinet of H. H. Asquith warSecretary Lord Kitchener
13th (Western) Division raisedBy Lord Kitchener