Herbert Kitchener
Appearance
The Earl Kitchener | |
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Birth name | Horatio Herbert Kitchener |
Born | 24 June 1850 Ballylongford, Coonty Kerry, Ireland |
Dee'd | 5 Juin 1916 HMS Hampshire, sunk wast o the Orkney Islands, Scotland | (aged 65)
Allegiance | Unitit Kinrick |
Service/branch | Breetish Airmy |
Years o service | 1871–1916 |
Rank | Field Marshal |
Commands held | Mahdist War (1884–1899) Seicont Boer War (1900–1902) Commander-in-Chief, Indie (1902–1909) |
Battles/wars | Franco-Proushie War Mahdist War: First Warld War |
Awairds | Knig=cht o the Gairten Knicht o the Order o St Patrick Knicht Grand Cross o the Order o the Bath Member o the Order o Meerit Knicht Grand Commander o the Order o the Starn o Indie Knicht Grand Cross o the Order o St Michael an St George Knicht Grand Commander o the Order o the Indian Empire |
Relations | Henry Kitchener, 2nt Yerl Kitchener Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener |
Ither wirk | Breetish Consul-General in Egyp (1911–1914) Secretar o State for War, Unitit Kinrick (1914–1916) |
Herbert Kitchener (24 Juin 1850 – 5 Juin 1916) wis a Breetish general. born in Ballylongford, Ireland. He wis sent tae Swisserland tae gang tae militar heich skale at age 13. At age 20 he enlistit in th' French airmy as a mercenary durin' th' Franco-Prussian War. he eventually becam th' Breetish sirdar (ur commander-in-chief) ay th' Egyptian airmy an' later wis commander ay Breetain's forces in th' Boer War. In th' First Warld War he ran th' war ministry. Kitchener wis murthured in a ship mishanter in 1916. Some believed that th' Roushie communists murthured him.
The ceety of Kitchener, Ontario wis named efter Herbert Kitchener in 1916.[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "One hundred years after disappearing, Berlin (Ontario) shows signs of revival". The Globe and Mail. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 Mey 2019.
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