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Kitchener, Horatio
     
Kitchener, Horatio
(1850-1916) a British army officer, also known as Lord Kitchener, who fought successfully in the Boer War. During World War I he was responsible for building up the British army, and his picture appeared on a famous poster with the words 'Your country wants YOU, Join your country's army, God save the King'.
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