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23 Jan 2016

Kitchener was a Kerryman

Picture credit: Alfred Leete [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Horatio Herbert Kitchener (Lord Kitchener of Khartoum), secretary of State for War. Born Ballylongford Co. Kerry 1850 lost at sea 1916 when his ship, HMS Hampshire, hit a mine (the subject of conspiracy theories, one involving Irish Republicans).

All Souls’ Chapel in the North West of St Paul’s Cathedral is dedicated to Lord Kitchener’s memory.

By Stephen Dickson (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

Posted in Advertising, Ireland, Irish history, Uncategorized, War, World War I and tagged 1916, All Souls' chapel, Army Recruitment, British Empire, Kerry, St Paul's, Your country needs you

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Kitchener was a Kerryman

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