

The real Lord Kitchener was the Irish-born Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916), who enjoyed a long and varied military career. His likeness was used in the British 1914 poster campaign for the First World War. The famous poster shows a head-shot of a uniformed officer with a prominent moustache, pointing at the viewer and bearing the words "Britons: Lord Kitchener Wants You. Join Your Country's Army! God save the King."



