Herbert Kitchener signed 1898 letter

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Herbert Kitchener, 1^st Earl Kitchener signed piece with envelope dated 25^th November 1898.

During WWI as Secretary of State for War, Kitchener organised Britain's largest ever volunteer army and a massive expansion of material production. In 1916 he was killed when HMS Hampshire sunk whilst travelling for negotiations with Tsar Nicholas II.