Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916), was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator who won notoriety for his imperial campaigns, most especially his scorched earth policy against the Boers and his establishment of concentration camps during the Second Boer War, and later played a central role in the early part of the First World War. Kitchener was credited in 1898 for winning the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan for which he was made Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, becoming a
Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during the First World War Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during the First World War This is a timeline of the British home front during the First World War from 1914 to 1918. 28 June 1914 27 July 1914 28 July 1914 29 July 1914 1 August 1914 2 August 1914 3 August 1914 4 August 1914 5 August 1914 6 August 1914 7 August 1914 8 August 1914 12 August 1914 September 1914 November 1914 19 November 1914 3 December 1914 16 December 1914 9 January 1915 19 January 1915 12 February 1915 18 February 1915 16 March 1915 27 March 1915