Timeline of events (from source material contemporary with the Great War from a British perspective).
1914
5 August | Appointed the position Secretary of State of War. |
6 August | Plan to increase the ranks of the regular army with volunteers was approved by Parliament to an of increase of 500,000 men. |
25 August | First Speech in Parliament. |
9 November | Speech given at the Lord Mayor's Guildhall Banquet, responding to the toast "The Imperial Forces of the Crown." [1][a] |
Notes
- ↑ In his speech Earl Kitchener speaks with quiet confidence about the Army in the field, and of the greater Army in the making.
References
- ↑ Various authors. (1915). Great Speeches of the War. Hazell, Watson and Viney, London.
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