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...
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Lance Corporal Henry Robert Maynard
Henry Robert Maynard was born in 1886 in East Witton, Yorkshire, the eldest of the three children of Henry Robert Maynard (1852-1933) and Anne Matilda Maynard née Horne (1858-1925). His birth was r...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Law Baker
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1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Richd. E. Moore
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Charles Lightoller
Born Charles Herbert Lightoller in Chorley, Lancashire. He joined the White Star Line in 1900 and served on several ships before being appointed second officer on the Titanic. As the ship was aband...
1 memorial
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