Introduction
Born June 24th 1850 in Ballylongford, County Kerry
Educated in Montreux in Switzerland
& The Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, London
British Army Officer, Colonial Administrator
& Secretary of State for War
Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers 1871
Lieutenant-Colonel 1885,
Colonel 1888
Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army 1892-1899
C-in-C of the British Forces in South Africa 1900-1902
C-in-C in India 1902-1909
Field Marshal 1909
Consul-General in Egypt 1911-1914
Created Earl in 1914
Secretary of State for War 1914-1916
Accumulated several awards including (but not limited to)
Knight of the Order of the Garter
Knight of the Order of St Patrick
Order of Merit
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Died June 5th 1916 off Marwick Head, Orkney (HMS Hampshire)
HMS Hampshire struck a mine west of Marwick Head, Orkney with
the loss of 737 lives, including Kitchener
There were only 12 survivors
The Kitchener Memorial (48 feet high) was unveiled at Marwick
Head in 1926
In 2016 a commemorative wall was built featuring the names of the
737 men who died on HMS Hampshire
Conclusion
Field Marshal Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener was an active
freemason demonstrating throughout his military and masonic
careers our principal tenets of Brotherly Love, Relief & Truth
Evidenced for example by the intertwining of the duties of C-in-C of
the Egyptian Army with those of the DGM of Egypt & the Sudan;
also by the intertwining of the duties of C-in-C in India with those of
the DGM of the Punjab.
