[Rarebooks] FS: Lord Kitchener is Drowned! 1916 Memorial Broadside

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

“In Memoriam – K. of K.”

“Reproduced from the New York Times, June 7th, 1916”.

DISCUSSION: A memorial broadside for Lord Kitchener, “Kitchener of
Karthoum”, of "Your country needs you!" immortality, printed just after he
was drowned when his armoured cruiser struck a mine and sank in World War
I.

"Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB,
OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (1850–1916), was an Irish-born British Field
Marshal and proconsul who won fame for his imperial campaigns and later
played a central role in the early part of the First World War, although
he died halfway through it. Kitchener won fame in 1898 for winning the
Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan, after which he was
given the title "Lord Kitchener of Khartoum"; as Chief of Staff (1900–02)
in the Second Boer War he played a key role in Lord Roberts' conquest of
the Boer Republics, then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief. In 1914,
at the start of the First World War, Lord Kitchener became Secretary of
State for War, a Cabinet Minister. One of the few to foresee a long war,
he organised the largest volunteer army that Britain, and indeed the
world, had seen and a significant expansion of materials production to
fight Germany on the Western Front. His commanding image, appearing on
recruiting posters demanding "Your country needs you!", remains recognised
and parodied in popular culture to this day."

"Lord Kitchener sailed from Scapa Flow on 5 June 1916 aboard the armoured
cruiser HMS Hampshire for a diplomatic mission to Russia via the port of
Arkhangelsk. Due to the gale force conditions, it was decided that
Hampshire would sail through the Pentland Firth, then turn north along the
western coast of the Orkney Islands. This course would provide a lee from
the strong winds, allowing escorting destroyers to keep pace with her.
Hampshire departed Scapa Flow at 16:45 and about an hour later
rendezvoused with her two escorts, the Acasta class destroyers HMS Unity
and Victor. As the ships turned to the northwest the gale increased and
shifted direction so that the ships were facing it head on. This caused
the destroyers to fall behind Hampshire. As it was considered unlikely
that enemy submarines would be active in such conditions, Captain Savill
of the Hampshire ordered Unity and Victor to return to Scapa Flow."

"Sailing alone in heavy seas, Hampshire was approximately 1.5 miles off
the mainland of Orkney between Brough of Birsay and Marwick Head at 19:40
when an explosion occurred and she heeled to starboard. The detonation had
holed the cruiser between bows and bridge, and the lifeboats were smashed
against the side of the ship by the heavy seas when they were lowered.
About 15 minutes after the explosion, Hampshire sank by the bows. Of over
600 personnel aboard, only 12 men on two Carley floats managed to reach
the shore; Kitchener and his entire staff were lost. His body was never
found. The survivors who caught sight of him in those last moments
testified to his outward calm and resolution."

DESCRIPTION: Broadside, printed on light card stock. 6.5”x9”.

CONDITION NOTES: Several slight creases, light soil, one small tear,
slight sunned-spot.

PRICE: $100. -

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