Picture No | 10217548 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | Lord Kitchener inspecting troops at Basingstoke |
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Lord Kitchener (1850 - 1916), inspecting new recruits parading at Basingstoke in June 1915. Kitchener was greatly involved in the drive for volunteers at the beginning of the war, so much so that they became known as 'the Kitchener armies.'
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Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 17 June 1916, page 766 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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