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
Commemorated ati
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
Philip Neame, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 19 December 1914, age 26, while serving in the Corps of Royal Engineers. "Leaving his Sappers to finish their task he went to the aid of a West Yorkshire bombing s...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
G. H. Pearce
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Carabiniers
Former cavalry regiment, officially the Sixth Dragoon Guards. They participated in putting down the rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745-46 and fought in the Peninsular, Crimean and Boer Wars...
1 memorial
Lieutenant Colonel William R. Dunn
Lieutenant Colonel William R. Dunn was born on 16 November 1916 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA. Our Picture Source gives a résumé of the life of this aviator. In 1947 he married Ev...
War served, WW2
1 memorial