Kitchener's Army

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Kitchener's Army was a mass volunteer force raised in the United Kingdom during the early years of World War I in response to Lord Kitchener's call for recruits to expand the British Army.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British military formation ⓘ
volunteer army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs New Army ⓘ
associatedWith British home front during World War I ⓘ
British recruitment posters of World War I ⓘ
commandStructure under British Army high command ⓘ
composedOf Pals battalions ⓘ
service battalions of line regiments ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedAfter end of World War I ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
estimatedSize over one million men ⓘ
formedBy War Office of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: War Office
garrison various training camps in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasPart New Army divisions ⓘ
Pals battalions of the British Army ⓘ
service battalions ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War I ⓘ
initiatedBy Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
locationOfRecruitment United Kingdom ⓘ
militaryBranch artillery ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
namedAfter Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ⓘ
notableCampaign Battle of Loos ⓘ
Battle of Loos (1915) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Loos

Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Battle of the Somme (1916) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Somme
notableFeature formed largely from civilian volunteers ⓘ
raised outside the pre-war regular army and Territorial Force ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
peakStrengthTime 1916 ⓘ
purpose expansion of the British Army ⓘ
reasonForFormation outbreak of World War I ⓘ
recruitmentMethod voluntary enlistment ⓘ
recruitmentSlogan Your Country Needs You ⓘ
replacedBy conscription-based forces in the later war years ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Gallipoli ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
trainingLocation Aldershot ⓘ
Salisbury Plain ⓘ
other British Army training camps ⓘ
typeOfRecruitment mass volunteer recruitment ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

15th Division → type → Kitchener’s Army division ⓘ
linked to: Kitchener's Army
13th (Western) Division → formedFor → Kitchener's Army ⓘ
11th (Northern) Division → partOf → Kitchener's New Army ⓘ
linked to: Kitchener's Army
11th (Northern) Division → raisedFor → Kitchener's Army ⓘ
11th (Northern) Division → raisedAsPartOf → Kitchener's New Army ⓘ
linked to: Kitchener's Army
63rd (Royal Naval) Division → type → Kitchener's Army division ⓘ
linked to: Kitchener's Army
British Expeditionary Force (World War I) → component → Kitchener's New Army units (later in war) ⓘ
subject linked to: British Expeditionary Force
linked to: Kitchener's Army
New Army divisions → alsoKnownAs → Kitchener’s Army divisions ⓘ
linked to: Kitchener's Army
New Army divisions → raisedFrom → Kitchener’s Service battalions ⓘ
linked to: Kitchener's Army
New Army divisions → raisedUnderPolicy → Kitchener’s New Armies recruitment scheme ⓘ
linked to: Kitchener's Army
Pals battalions → basedOn → Kitchener's Army recruitment scheme ⓘ
linked to: Kitchener's Army