[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. $75

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