Re: Bakers Dozen 2012. 2 : Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:18 pm
13 Lord Kitchener (Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener) facts ...1. Born 24 June 1850
2. ... in Ballylongford near Listowel, County Kerry, in Ireland
3. Was given the title "Lord Kitchener of Khartoum" in 1898 for winning the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan
4. In Dad's Army, Lance Corporal Jones tells tales of when he served under "Lord Kitchener" against the "Fuzzy Wuzzies"
5. In 1914, at the start of the First World War, he became Secretary of State for War
6. In 1883 Kitchener became a Freemason