Lord Kitchener, last photograph before his death
The last photograph of Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916). Before joining the ill-fated armoured cruiser HMS Hampshire in Scapa Flow he lunched with Admiral Sir John Jellicoe on board the Iron Duke. In this photograph he can be seen disembarking from the destroyer HMS Oak which took him to the Iron Duke. A few hours later the Hampshire, shattered by a floating German mine, sank, and Kitchener, his staff, and most of the crew were drowned
Picture No
10527499
Media ID
48008611
Size
5537px x 4386px
(2.1MB)
Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
5 June 1916
