Lord Kitchener

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British Army officer Secretary of State for War field marshal human imperial administrator

Lord Kitchener was a prominent British field marshal and imperial administrator best known for his leadership in colonial wars and his role as Secretary of State for War during the early years of World War I.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → Secretary of State for War → field marshal → human → imperial administrator →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
associatedWith	British imperial policy in Africa and the Middle East →
awardReceived	Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order → Knight of the Garter → Order of Merit →
birthDate	1850-06-24 →
birthPlace	Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland →
burialPlace	St Paul's Cathedral memorial, London (cenotaph) →
causeOfDeath	shipwreck →
conflict	Mahdist War → Second Boer War → World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBurialOrCremation	1916-07-02 →
deathDate	1916-06-05 →
education	Royal Military Academy, Woolwich →
fullName	Herbert Horatio Kitchener →
implemented	large-scale volunteer recruitment (Kitchener's Army) →
knownFor	British Army recruitment campaign poster "Your country needs YOU" → leadership in British colonial wars → role as British Secretary of State for War in early World War I →
mannerOfDeath	drowning →
memberOf	House of Lords →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	Field Marshal →
name	Herbert Kitchener →
nobleTitle	Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome →
notableBattle	Battle of Omdurman → Relief of Khartoum campaign → Second Boer War campaigns in South Africa →
oversaw	expansion of the British Army in 1914–1915 →
placeOfDeath	HMS Hampshire, near Orkney, Scotland →
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief, Egypt → Commander-in-Chief, India → High Commissioner for Egypt → Secretary of State for War →
serviceEnd	1916 →
serviceStart	1871 →
title	Earl Kitchener →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Second Boer War →	combatantCommander
Lord Kitchener Wants You poster ("Horatio Herbert Kitchener") →	depicts
Royal Military College, Duntroon →	founder
Horatio Herbert Kitchener ("Baron Kitchener of Khartoum") →	honorificTitle
Treaty of Vereeniging →	signatoryRepresentative
Lord Kitchener ("Earl Kitchener") →	title