Lord Kitchener and the loss of the HMS Hampshire
“No stone is set to mark his nation’s loss, No stately tomb enshrines his noble breast, Not e’en the tribute of a wooden cross Can mark this hero’s rest.” A school boy by the name of Eric Blair wrote these lines in memory of Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State of War, who drowned when the …
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