Kitchener's Army
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The New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army or, disparagingly, as Kitchener's Mob, was an all-volunteer portion of the British Army formed in the United Kingdom from 1914 onwards following the
Alfred Leete's recruitment poster for Kitchener's Army.
1914 poster describing terms of enlistment
British Volunteer recruits in London, August 1914
A Church of England service at the 10th (Irish) Division's camp at Basingstoke in 1915
The British Expeditionary Force was the formation of the British Army on the Western Front during the First World War. In its original form it comprised six divisions, sent by Britain to France in 191
Kitchener's Army
…including piece-meal dispersal of the New Army battalions into existing regular or Territorial Force divisions (the view of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), Field Marshal French). Kitchener declined to use the existing Territorial Force (set up by Lord Haldane and Douglas Haig as part of the Army…
Tommies of the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) resting in the square at Mons 22 August 1914, the day before the Battle of Mons.
Men and horses of the Cavalry Division, British Expeditionary Force, retreat from Mons in August 1914.
A British trench near the Albert-Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The men are from A Company, 11th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment
The front line in 1916, British gains during the battle of the Somme are shaded blue.