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Volunteer Officer Shortage Addressed

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1914

Horatio Herbert Kitchener KhartoumSeptember 1914

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st

Expands officer recruitment and training to provide leadership for rapidly forming New Army battalions.

Names involved

Horatio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum

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