Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K.G. Born near Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland. Became a national hero leading the British army in the Sudan. Continued his career in the Boer War, India and Egypt. In WW1 he was appointed the Secretary of War and appeared on the recruiting posters "Your Country Needs You". His reputation suffered after the Gallipoli disaster. Drowned when the HMS Hampshire, taking him to Russia was sunk by the Germans off the Orkneys with the loss of over 640 lives.
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Lord Kitchener
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Kitchener statue
{On the front of the plinth:} Kitchener, 1850 - 1916 {On the front of the lo...
Knightsbridge - 4 - Kitchener
Stalin? Can't be - for so many reasons, one being that he didn't look like t...
Lord Kitchener
LCC Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K.G. (1850 - 1916), lived here...
WW1 cross at St Botolph's
Unlike the majority of war memorials this was erected while the war continued...
Other Subjects
George Bridges Rodney
Born London. Naval officer involved in the American revolution. Died in Hanover Square.
Gerald W. Morris
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Lieutenant Francis Victor Robinson
Francis Victor Robinson was a son of Charles Sydney Robinson (1849-1913) and Marian Emma Robinson née Dent 1850-1901). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1883 in the Barnet registration...
Bdsm. John Heritage
Killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb - not killed outright but was mortally wounded, dying 12 days later, aged 29 years.
Gulf War
The US, backed by the UN, invaded Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Not to be confused with the Iraq War, March 2003 - December 2011 when the US invaded Iraq again.
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