Title

The last photograph of Lord Kitchener at Jutland, 1916

Caption

The last photograph of Lord Kitchener at Jutland, 1916. Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC ( 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was an Anglo-Irish senior British Army officer and colonial administrator. On 5 June 1916, Kitchener was making his way to Russia on HMS Hampshire to attend negotiations with Tsar Nicholas II when in bad weather the ship struck a German mine 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Orkney, Scotland, and sank. Kitchener was among 737 who died

Date

1916

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP24A01_207

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44,5Mb (1,3Mb) / 18,5in x 9,4in / 5543 x 2807 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lord Kitchener Jutland Horatio Herbert Kitchener 1st Earl Kitchener Anglo-Irish senior British Army officer colonial administrator Russia HMS Hampshire negotiations Tsar Nicholas II ship German mine Orkney 20th century war conflict military World War I Britain Germany

Restrictions

Editorial use only.