Lord Kitchener, British secretary of war, was drowned in the spring of 1916 near the Orkney Islands. Kitchener had been sent to Russia by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith to try to get the support of that country for Britain's fight against Germany. He drowned when the HMS Hampshire struck a mine off the Orkney Islands.
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5 June 1916
British secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney Islands
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Spartacus Lord Kirschener [online] Available at: www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk [Accessed on 3 June 2013]
- 02Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). British secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney Islands. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011390
South African History Online (2011) 'British secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney Islands', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011390 (Accessed: 13 October 2026).
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South African History Online. "British secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney Islands." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011390.
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