Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850 – 4 June 1916) was a British field marshal.

Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC
Kitchener in 1914
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1871 – 1916
Rank	Field Marshal

The iconic, much-imitated 1914 Lord Kitchener Wants You poster.

Born in Ireland, Kitchener was Sirdar (British Commander in Chief) of the Egyptian Army. He defeated the Mahdist rebels against Egyptian rule in 1898 and conquered the Sudan for Britain and (nominally) Egypt.

He was chief of staff during the Boer War of 1899 to 1902. From 1899 to 1900, he was also commander-in-chief of the forces in southern Africa. He was allowed into many orders of chivalry, both British and foreign, including Knight of St. Patrick and Knight of the Garter.

At the start of the First World War, British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith appointed Lord Kitchener as Secretary of State for War. A massive recruitment campaign began for the New Armies, also called "Kitchener's Army". His image was used in a famous advertisement. Kitchener was drowned in 1916 when HMS Hampshire sank near the Orkney Islands after it had hit a German mine.

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  Kitchener on his mother's lap, with his brother and sister

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  Kitchener, Commander of the Egyptian Army (centre right), 1898

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  Duffus Bros, platinum print/NPG P403. Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, 1901

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  Broome Park, Kitchener's country house in Canterbury, Kent

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  A portrait of Field Marshal Kitchener in full dress uniform taken shortly after being promoted to the rank

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  Kitchener on horseback in The Queenslander Pictorial in 1910

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  The iconic, much-imitated 1914 Lord Kitchener Wants You poster

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  Postcard of Kitchener from WW1 period. The picture shows him as a younger man.