New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army or, disparagingly, as Kitchener's Mob, was an (initially) all-volunteer portion of the British Army formed...
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I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet – a clothing boutique which achieved fame in 1960s "Swinging London" Kitchener's Army – an all-volunteer army formed in the...
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newly-forming Kitchener's Army. Le Bas of Caxton Advertising (for whom Leete worked) chose Kitchener for the advertisement because Kitchener was "the only...
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pre-war army, the Territorial Force, and Kitchener's Army, a force of wartime volunteers. On the first day on the Somme (1 July) the German 2nd Army suffered...
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National Basketball League of Canada team Kitchener's Army, a volunteer army in the First World War Kitchener bun, a bun from South Australia, similar...
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battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in and around the town of Grimsby in Lincolnshire in 1914. When the battalion was taken over by the British Army it was...
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10th (Irish) Division (category Kitchener's Army divisions)
(Irish) Division, was one of the first of Kitchener's New Army K1 Army Group divisions (formed from Kitchener's 'first hundred thousand' new volunteers)...
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followed the raising of one of the largest all-volunteer armies in history, known as Kitchener's Army, of more than 2,000,000 men.: 504 The outbreak of war...
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British infantry brigades of the First World War (category Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I)
was declared, the regular army was expanded first by volunteers and then conscripts for what became known as Kitchener's Army. At the same time, volunteers...
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Public Schools Battalions (category Kitchener's Army)
group of Pals battalions of the British Army during World War I. They were raised in 1914 as part of Kitchener's Army and were originally recruited exclusively...
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Accrington Pals (category Kitchener's Army)
Battalion (Accrington), East Lancashire Regiment, was a pals battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in and around the town of Accrington during the First World...
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Army Council, under Kitchener's direction, agreed that TF units volunteering en bloc for overseas service should be sent to France, while Kitchener set...
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19th (Western) Division (category Kitchener's Army divisions)
(Western) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Kitchener's Army, formed in the Great War. The 19th (Western) Division was created...
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the BEF after the regular army suffered heavy losses in the opening battles of the war. The third army was Kitchener's Army, which was composed of men...
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17th (Northern) Division (category Kitchener's Army divisions)
17th (Northern) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, a Kitchener's Army formation raised during the Great War. The 17th (Northern) Division...
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Royal Berkshire Regiment (category Regiments of the British Army in World War I)
Army, saw a huge expansion during the First World War and many service battalions, for war service only, were created from volunteers for Kitchener's...
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Colchester Garrison (category Installations of the British Army)
the Victorian era. During the First World War, several battalions of Kitchener's Army were trained there. Today, Colchester Garrison is most known for being...
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hospitals, educational and workplace facilities, army barracks, and similar establishments. These kitchens are generally larger and equipped with bigger...
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Lord Kitchener's Valet". I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet. Retrieved 22 November 2021. Mod era shirt and the original shop sign from I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet...
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Pals battalion (category Kitchener's Army)
structure of a suddenly expanded regular army as well as easing the financial strain. In September 1914 Kitchener announced that the organizers of locally...
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The Four Feathers (1939 film) (category Films about the British Army)
the army's advance, Durrance is ordered to take his company into the desert to lure the Khalifa's army away from the Nile so that Kitchener's army can...
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the new British divisions being formed for Kitchener's Army. In addition to the regular Indian Army, the armies of the Princely States and regiments of the...
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77th Brigade (United Kingdom) (redirect from 77th Brigade (British Army))
April 2015. The original 77th Brigade was formed in 1914 as part of 'Kitchener's Army'. Consisting of Scottish infantry battalions it served with 26th Division...
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11th (Northern) Division (category Kitchener's Army divisions)
division of the British Army during the First World War, raised from men who had volunteered for Lord Kitchener's New Armies. The division fought in the...
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Gloucestershire Regiment (the 'Glosters') was a 'Pals battalion' of 'Kitchener's Army' raised immediately after the outbreak of World War I through the initiative...
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J. R. R. Tolkien (category British Army personnel of World War I)
wiped out following his return to England. According to John Garth, Kitchener's Army, in which Tolkien served, at once marked existing social boundaries...
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chapters deal with the formation of Kitchener's Army (New Army), which comprised a substantial part of the British Army's order of battle for the day, and...
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36th (Ulster) Division (category Kitchener's Army divisions)
(Ulster) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Lord Kitchener's New Army, formed in September 1914. Originally called the Ulster...
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10th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Stockbrokers) (category Kitchener's Army)
Royal Fusiliers (Stockbrokers) (10th RF) was an infantry unit of 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I. Recruited from the financial community of the City...
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Pals battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in the West Yorkshire city of Leeds. When the battalion was taken over by the British Army it was officially...
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