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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 Prime Minister H. H. Asquith appointed Kitchener as Secretary of State for War in August 1914. [2] Kitchener was the first currently serving soldier to hold the post and was given the task of recruiting a large army to fight Germany. Unlike some of his contemporaries who expected a short conflict, Kitchener foresaw a much longer war ...
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: Hereditary Peer in the House of Lords since 1898 (knighted) Unaffiliated British Army field marshal 24 June 1850 5 June 1916, at the age of 65. Died on board HMS Hampshire, sunk by a German mine. [23] Secretary of State for War since 1914 21 Duncan Campbell: MP for North Ayrshire since December 1911 Unionist
The Battle of Omdurman was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British–Egyptian expeditionary force commanded by British Commander-in-Chief major general Horatio Herbert Kitchener and a Sudanese army of the Mahdist State, led by Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (the Khalifa), the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad.
Lord Kitchener may refer to: Earl Kitchener , a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), senior British Army officer and colonial administrator
They carried 1,500 British, Egyptian and Sudanese soldiers, led by Sir Herbert Kitchener and including Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Smith-Dorrien. [7] Marchand had received incorrect reports that the approaching force consisted of Dervishes; he found himself facing a diplomatic rather than a military crisis. [8]
Recruiting poster for Herbert Kitchener's New Army. On 28 July 1914, the First World War began; on 4 August, Germany invaded Belgium and the United Kingdom entered the war to uphold the Treaty of London (1839). [1]
Herbert Kitchener – Secretary of State for War (1914–1916) The Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War (1916–1918) The Viscount Milner – Secretary of State for War (1918–1919) James Wolfe Murray – Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1914–1915), British Troops in Egypt (1916–1917)