Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

1914

 * - Appointed the position Secretary of State of War.
 * - Plan to increase the ranks of the regular army with volunteers was approved by Parliament to an of increase of 500,000 men.
 * - First Speech in Parliament.
 * - Speech given at the Lord Mayor's Guildhall Banquet, responding to the toast "The Imperial Forces of the Crown."