[Rarebooks] FS: Lord Kitchener 1916 Memorial Broadside

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“In Memoriam – K. of K.”

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

Broadside, printed on light card stock. 6.5”x9”. Several slight creases, 
light soil, one small tear, slight sunned-spot. $100

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