Lord Kitchener
Lord Kitchener refers to Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850–1916), British field marshal and Secretary of State for War during World War I.
He is most remembered for the iconic recruitment poster showing his mustachioed face and pointing finger with the caption "Your Country Needs You." The image became a template for military recruitment posters worldwide.
He had a Lord Kitchener mustache—thick and waxed at the ends.
- pointing fingerExtended digit indicating direction
- Allied PowersCoalition against fascist aggressors
- trench warfareCombat from fortified ditches
- protectoratesTerritories under external control
- recruitment postersSigns urging people to enlist
Winston Churchill · Gallipoli campaign · Boer War · colonialism · moustache · Central Powers · logistics · Scramble for Africa · patriotic imagery · army recruitment · conscription · propaganda art · drowning · T.E. Lawrence · war hero · dominions · war bonds · armistice negotiations
- EdwardiansKing Edward VII, George V, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling
- Trinidadsoca, San Fernando, calypso, steelpan, steel pan
- Trinidadians
- Pals Battalions
- British EmpireIndia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong
- historical warfaremusket, bayonet, cannon, flintlock, cavalry
Lord Kitchenerprivate
Restricted to certain parties
conscript · enlisted man · deserter · draft dodger · pacifist
Lord KitchenerMahatma Gandhi
Lord Kitchenerconscientious objector
One refusing military service morally
pacifist · Siegfried Sassoon · Bertrand Russell · anti-war activist · draft dodger