Kitchener's Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (102)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_forces
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:casualties high during battles
gptkbp:combat_history influenced future military recruitment strategies
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:Lord_Kitchener
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_Sir_Henry_Seymour_Rawlinson
gptkbp:community_impact changed perceptions of military service
gptkbp:consists_of New Army divisions
gptkbp:contribution_to_war significant manpower
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired literature and art
gptkbp:demobilization post-war period
gptkbp:demographics mainly young men
gptkbp:deployment 1915
gptkbp:disbanded 1916
after World War I
gptkbp:dissolved 1919
gptkbp:equipment standard British Army equipment
gptkbp:famous_battalions gptkb:Pals_Battalions
gptkbp:famous_recruitment_poster gptkb:Lord_Kitchener_Wants_You
gptkbp:formed gptkb:1914
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:London
gptkbp:historical_context early 20th century warfare
gptkbp:historical_debate effectiveness of volunteer armies
gptkbp:historical_records extensive documentation exists
gptkbp:historical_significance pioneered mass volunteer recruitment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kitchener's Army
gptkbp:influenced subsequent military policies
gptkbp:influenced_by political climate of the time
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:Battle_of_Gallipoli
gptkbp:legacy increased public support for the war effort
influenced future British military recruitment
gptkbp:military_rank varied ranks from private to general
gptkbp:military_service memorials and commemorations
gptkbp:military_strategy attrition warfare
gptkbp:named_after gptkb:Herbert_Kitchener
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kitchener's_New_Army
gptkbp:notable_achievements significant contributions to major battles
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Battle_of_Gallipoli
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Lord_Kitchener
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:Rudyard_Kipling
gptkb:A._E._Housman
gptkb:Stephen_Spender
gptkb:Edmund_Blunden
gptkb:Isaac_Rosenberg
gptkb:C._S._Lewis
gptkb:Sir_Winston_Churchill
gptkb:G._K._Chesterton
gptkb:Cecil_Day-Lewis
gptkb:John_Betjeman
gptkb:Louis_Mac_Neice
gptkb:A._A._Milne
gptkb:Rupert_Brooke
gptkb:John_Buchan
gptkb:H._G._Wells
gptkb:Wilfred_Owen
gptkb:George_Orwell
gptkb:W._H._Auden
gptkb:T._E._Lawrence
gptkb:Evelyn_Waugh
gptkb:Henry_Williamson
gptkb:J._R._R._Tolkien
gptkb:Philip_Larkin
gptkb:Siegfried_Sassoon
gptkb:Christopher_Isherwood
gptkb:David_Lloyd_George
gptkb:Robert_Graves
gptkb:John_Masefield
gptkb:Robert_Service
gptkb:Alfred_Noyes
gptkb:Edward_Thomas
gptkb:Vernon_Lee
gptkb:Hilaire_Belloc
gptkbp:objective recruit volunteers
gptkbp:operational_challenges logistical issues during deployment
gptkbp:operational_period 1914-1916
gptkbp:operational_theater gptkb:European_Theater
gptkbp:operations various campaigns
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:post_war_career influenced future military recruitment
gptkbp:public_perception heroic volunteers
gptkbp:recruited_from gptkb:Lord_Kitchener
gptkb:British_Empire
Kitchener's call to arms
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:propaganda
exceeded expectations
posters and propaganda
initial reluctance to enlist
gptkbp:replaced_by New Armies
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Western_Front
gptkbp:size over 2 million volunteers
over 2 million men
gptkbp:strength 500,000 men
gptkbp:support British public
gptkbp:training several months
gptkbp:training_programs various camps across the UK
gptkbp:type volunteer army
gptkbp:unit_type gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:volunteer_opportunities voluntary enlistment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3