Kitchener's Army

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Kitchener's Army was a mass volunteer force raised in the United Kingdom during the early years of World War I in response to Lord Kitchener's call for recruits to expand the British Army.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military formation
volunteer army
alsoKnownAs New Army
associatedWith British home front during World War I
British recruitment posters of World War I
commandStructure under British Army high command
composedOf Pals battalions
service battalions of line regiments
conflict First World War
linked to: World War I
country United Kingdom
disbandedAfter end of World War I
endTime 1918
estimatedSize over one million men
formedBy War Office of the United Kingdom
linked to: War Office
garrison various training camps in the United Kingdom
hasPart New Army divisions
Pals battalions of the British Army
service battalions
historicalPeriod World War I
initiatedBy Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
languageOfCommand English
locationOfRecruitment United Kingdom
militaryBranch artillery
engineers
infantry
namedAfter Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
notableCampaign Battle of Loos
Battle of Loos (1915)
linked to: Battle of Loos

Battle of the Somme
Battle of the Somme (1916)
linked to: Battle of the Somme
notableFeature formed largely from civilian volunteers
raised outside the pre-war regular army and Territorial Force
partOf British Army
peakStrengthTime 1916
purpose expansion of the British Army
reasonForFormation outbreak of World War I
recruitmentMethod voluntary enlistment
recruitmentSlogan Your Country Needs You
replacedBy conscription-based forces in the later war years
startTime 1914
status disbanded
subordinateTo British Expeditionary Force
theatreOfOperations Gallipoli
Western Front
trainingLocation Aldershot
Salisbury Plain
other British Army training camps
typeOfRecruitment mass volunteer recruitment

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15th Division type Kitchener’s Army division
linked to: Kitchener's Army
13th (Western) Division formedFor Kitchener's Army
11th (Northern) Division partOf Kitchener's New Army
linked to: Kitchener's Army
11th (Northern) Division raisedFor Kitchener's Army
11th (Northern) Division raisedAsPartOf Kitchener's New Army
linked to: Kitchener's Army
63rd (Royal Naval) Division type Kitchener's Army division
linked to: Kitchener's Army
British Expeditionary Force (World War I) component Kitchener's New Army units (later in war)
subject linked to: British Expeditionary Force
linked to: Kitchener's Army
New Army divisions alsoKnownAs Kitchener’s Army divisions
linked to: Kitchener's Army
New Army divisions raisedFrom Kitchener’s Service battalions
linked to: Kitchener's Army
New Army divisions raisedUnderPolicy Kitchener’s New Armies recruitment scheme
linked to: Kitchener's Army
Pals battalions basedOn Kitchener's Army recruitment scheme
linked to: Kitchener's Army