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Kitchener was killed in 1916 when the warship taking him to negotiations in Russia was sunk by a German mine.

After his death he was criticised, and often dismissed as a great poster but not a great administrator.

Lloyd George for instance – who may have taken credit for some of Kitchener's achievements in the field of munitions – was critical of Kitchener in his War Memoirs.

After many years ' experience of commanding relatively small forces in imperial campaigns, Kitchener had made his reputation worse by his habit of secrecy, unwillingness to explain his actions to his colleagues, and reluctance to delegate.