Kitchener Memorial

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Kitchener Memorial is a World War I memorial tower on the Orkney island of Birsay in Scotland, commemorating Lord Kitchener and those lost with him when HMS Hampshire sank in 1916.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kitchener Memorial canonical 5

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf tower ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
accessibleBy footpath from nearby car park ⓘ
architecturalStyle tower ⓘ
category Monuments and memorials in Orkney ⓘ
Towers in Scotland ⓘ
World War I memorials in Scotland ⓘ
commemorates Lord Kitchener ⓘ
those lost in the sinking of HMS Hampshire ⓘ
commemoratesEvent sinking of HMS Hampshire ⓘ
conflictCommemorated World War I ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
dateOfEventCommemorated 5 June 1916 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ⓘ
hasInscription inscription commemorating Lord Kitchener and those lost with him ⓘ
hasNearbyMemorial HMS Hampshire commemorative wall ⓘ
hasViewOf HMS Hampshire wreck area ⓘ
height approximately 15 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category B listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry Scotland ⓘ
inception 1926 ⓘ
locatedIn Birsay ⓘ
Mainland, Orkney ⓘ
linked to: Orkney Mainland

Orkney Islands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear Marwick Head ⓘ
locatedOn Orkney ⓘ
linked to: Orkney Islands

Orkney Mainland ⓘ
clifftop ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
overlooks Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
site of the sinking of HMS Hampshire ⓘ
ownedBy Orkney Islands Council ⓘ
region Birsay parish ⓘ
subjectOf remembrance ceremonies on anniversaries of the sinking of HMS Hampshire ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
unveiled 1926 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Birsay → contains → Kitchener Memorial ⓘ
Marwick Head cliffs → hasViewOf → Kitchener Memorial ⓘ
Marwick Head cliffs → near → Kitchener Memorial ⓘ
Kitchener Memorial, Marwick Head → hasName → Kitchener Memorial ⓘ
Marwick Head → hasStructure → Kitchener Memorial ⓘ