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Alfred Leete's recruitment poster for Kitchener's Army.. The New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army or, disparagingly, as Kitchener's Mob, [a] was an (initially) all-volunteer portion of the British Army formed in the United Kingdom from 1914 onwards following the outbreak of hostilities in the First World War in late July 1914.
Hall's first book, Kitchener's Mob (1916), recounts his wartime experiences. Kitchener's Mob sold moderately well in America following its publication and after a speaking tour to promote the book, Hall returned to Europe in 1916 on assignment with Atlantic Monthly magazine.
Ross Davies. 'A Student in Arms': Donald Hankey and Edwardian Society at War (Ashgate: 2013). Spectator, 1916.Review titled "'A Student in Arms'—How It Strikes a Transatlantic 'Tommy'" by "J.N.H." (Reviewer is the American James Norman Hall, author of Kitchener's Mob 16 September 1916); Editor's tribute to D. Hankey upon his death (21 October); "The 'Student in Arms' in Elstead" (Hankey's ...
Kitchener's Army divisions (30 P) P. Pals battalions (1 C, 109 P) Pages in category "Kitchener's Army" The following 163 pages are in this category, out of 163 total.
Because of this effect, Kitchener's eyes and his foreshortened arm and hand appear to follow the viewer regardless of the viewer's orientation to the artwork. [39] [40] [41] Historian Carlo Ginzburg compared Leete's image of Kitchener to similar images of Christ and Alexander the Great as depicting the viewer's contact with a powerful figure. [42]
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (/ ˈ k ɪ tʃ ɪ n ər /; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer War, [1] [2] and his central role in the early part of the First World War.
The 244th (Kitchener's Own) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Montreal , Quebec , the unit began recruiting in the spring of 1916 in Montreal and the surrounding district.
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")