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Kitchener of Khartoum in dress uniform, c 1900s. Artist: Unknown

Kitchener of Khartoum in dress uniform, c 1900s. Irish-born British soldier and statesman Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898). He was commander of British forces during the Boer War (1899-1902) and served as War Minister from 1914 to 1916. His portrait was used on a famous World War I army recruitment poster. Kitchener drowned when HMS Hampshire, carrying him to Russia, was sunk by a German mine in the North Atlantic in 1916.

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Title: Kitchener of Khartoum in dress uniform, c 1900s. Artist: Unknown

Caption: Kitchener of Khartoum in dress uniform, c 1900s. Irish-born British soldier and statesman Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898). He was commander of British forces during the Boer War (1899-1902) and served as War Minister from 1914 to 1916. His portrait was used on a famous World War I army recruitment poster. Kitchener drowned when HMS Hampshire, carrying him to Russia, was sunk by a German mine in the North Atlantic in 1916.

Personalities: LORD KITCHENER

Technique/material: Photograph

Credit: Album / Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

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Image size: 3521 × 4972 px | 50.1 MB

Print size: 29.8 × 42.1 cm | 1386.2 × 1957.5 in (300 dpi)

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