Horatio Herbert, first Earl Kitchener
Standard Name: Kitchener, Horatio Herbert,,, first Earl
Used Form: Lord Kitchener
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Jan Morris | This time the story begins with Kitchener
's re-taking of Khartoum, and ends with the death in 1965 of Winston Churchill
, presented as the last imperialist. In it JM
appeals to her own... |
| Textual Production | Marie Belloc Lowndes | Thirty-six years after this publication, MBL
wrote of the way [m]uch is left out that should have been put into official biographies, because of the writer's need to keep a nervous eye cocked on certain... |
| Textual Production | Marie Belloc Lowndes | Only a few months later there came from MBL
another war novel, Lilla: A Part of her Life, about a woman whose husband is presumed lost in action but returns to find her remarried... |
Timeline
2 September 1898: General Herbert Kitchener led the UK forces...
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2 September 1898
General Herbert Kitchener
led the UK forces in the Battle of Omdurman, and the capture of Khartoum.
5 June 1916: Lord Kitchener was drowned when the HMS Hampshire...
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5 June 1916
Lord Kitchener
was drowned when the HMS Hampshire sank after hitting a mine off the Orkney Islands.
1 July 1916: A British advance on the River Somme resulted...
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1 July 1916
A British advance on the River Somme resulted in appalling losses: 60,000 (including 19,000 British) died the first day, and 400,000 British by the end of the battle, on 18 November.
1946: Gordon Memorial College in Khartoum was taken...
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1946
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