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
Battle of Loos
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The Battle of Loos took place from 25 September to 8 October 1915 in France on the Western Front, during the First World War. It was the biggest British attack of 1915, the first time that the British
Kitchener's Army
…in mid-1916, but circumstances dictated the use of these troops before then. The first use in a major action of Kitchener's Army units came at the Battle of Loos (September–October 1915). Contrary to the popular belief that the war would be over by Christmas 1914, Kitchener predicted a long and brutal war. He…
Battle of Loos
A World War I British gas hood c. 1915
British infantry from the 47th (1/2nd London) Division advancing into a gas cloud during the Battle of Loos
British infantry advancing through gas at Loos, 25 September 1915.