General Sir William Robertson Named to Succeed Kitchener
The article notes General Sir William Robertson as the leading candidate to head the War Office after Lord Kitchener's death aboard the cruiser Hampshire. It reports on public shock in London, crowds at newsstands, and Royal and government responses as speculation swirls over Kitchener’s successor and the wartime leadership.
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Sir William Robertson
Kitchener
War Office
London
Stock Exchange
Whitehall
Foreign Office
Hugh James O’beirne
Frederick Donaldson
Ellershaw
Ministry of Munitions
Hampshire
Windsor
Asquith
War Council
David Lloyd-George
Lord Derby
Imperial Staff
William Robertson
War
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General Staff
Russia
Great Britain
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Nation mourns as Townshend surrenders in Middle East
The country suffers a heavy blow as General Townshend surrenders at Ctesiphon. A memorial service will be held in St Pauls for Earl Kitchener whose departure was previously unknown. The nation remains low in spirits despite prior reactions to the war news.
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Earl Kitchener
England
St. Paul's
Kitchener’s Rise to Lead Britain’s War Effort
A period portrait of Earl Kitchener tracing his rise from Egypt and Sudan to War Secretary in 1914. The piece details his role in building Britain’s massive volunteer army, the Cochranes of criticism and praise, and his stern, unyielding leadership style. It covers his earlier campaigns, honors, and personal reputation as a steellike, work driven officer who never married.
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Earl Kitchener
Great Britain
Kitchener of
Khartoum
Kitchener
War Office
Egypt
Cairo
United States
New York
Kitchener Enigma Shaped By Long Career
A Strand Magazine sketch portrays Lord Kitchener as a grim taciturn figure whose 65 plus years conceal a strategic, work driven military life. It recounts his early Woolwich training, rapid rise, baptism of fire with General Chanzy, and bold Egypt service that built his legendary career.
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Lord Kitchener
Strand Magazine
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South Africa
Wellington
Royal Military Academy
Woolwich
H. H. Kitchener
India
Kitchener
Chanzy
le Mans
Enlsten
F. S. Kitchener
London
King's tribute to Earl Kitchener
The King issues an army order mourning Field Marshal Lord Kitchener who died on a mission to the Emperor of Russia. He is praised for 48 years of service and administrative genius guiding Britain’s wartime armies. Officers will wear mourning crepe for one week on left arm.
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London
Russia
Lord Kitchener
Kitchener
June Week Opens at West Point Military Academy
June Week at the United States Military Academy West Point opened with many visitors. Old graduates arrived on trains as cadets prepared for the battalion review and an open air reception for the graduating class. Graduation exercises are set for June 13.
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West Point
N. Y
The
Military Academy
Hampshire Cruiser Hampshire Used for Scouting and Officials
The Hampshire, a Devonshire class cruiser built in 1903 and displacing 10 850 tons, served mainly as a scouting vessel and for carrying officials. Typically crewed by 655, she armed with four 7.5 inch six 6 inch and two 12 pound guns plus two torpedo tubes. She took part in the 1907 Jamestown Exposition voyage to the United States.
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Orkney Islands
Hampshire
Scotland
Atlantic
White Sea
Earl Kitchener
Archangel
United States
Gertrude Schirmer Wed to William Fay in Ascension Church
Miss Gertrude Helen Schirmer daughter of Gustave Schirmer was married to William Rodman Fay of Boston this afternoon in the Church of the Ascension. The Rev Dr William G Thayer of St Mark's School and Rev Percy Stickney Grant officiated.
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New York
Gertrude Helen Schirmer
Gustave Schirmer
William Rodman Fay
Boston
Church of the Ascension
William G. Thayer
St. Mark's School
Percy Stickney Grant
Church of the A»vention
Franklin Union Summer Courses and Auto Engine Classes
Franklin Union offers Industrial Chemistry days Tuesday to Friday 9 AM to 2 PM for six weeks from June 27 to August 4 with a $20 fee. Automobile Engines meet in the evenings Monday Tuesday and Thursday 7:30 to 9:30 PM for 20 evenings from June 19 to August with a $3 fee and $5 for an application blank. Write Berkeley and Appleton Streets, Boston, Mass. for circulars.
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Franklin Union
Berkeley and
Appleton Sts
Boston
Mass
Portrait of Lord Kitchener as Egypt’s trusted ruler and garden owner
The article portrays Kitchener as a stern yet trusted British agent in Egypt who earned Egyptian respect through accessibility and fairness. It cites Sarruf Bey praising his open agency and fair hearings, and notes Kitchener’s hobby for flowers and a plain private room despite owning a grand home with artefacts from India and Egypt.
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Manded
Kitchener
Egypt
Lord Kitchener
G. N. Sarruf Bey
Cairo
Al-Mokattan
London
Omedeh
el Lord
Broome Park
Canterbury
India
China
Miss Doris Kennard Engaged to Harold A Larrabee
A Melrose High School romance leads to engagement of Doris Marie Kennard daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter I Kennard of Cass street Melrose and Harold Atkins Larrabee Harvard 16. Doris is in Boston University's graduating class. Parents announce the engagement. wedding planned in a year.
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Melrose High School
Doris Marie Kennard
Walter I. Kennard
Cass Street
Melrose
Boston University
Harold Atkins Larrabee
Harvard
Larrabee
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