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A.J.Richardson (GS) Commanded a Kitchener battalion in 1914. P86 - "No driving was needed. My fear was that their zeal would outrun itself and that they would get stale before they went across the water".

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H.A.Hammick (Gall) Letter 22.7.15 - "a peculiar lot, brilliant in attack and ... incapable of with standing the inevitable counter-attack". 29.8.15 - "a rotten lot". No discipline. Consider themselves heroes just for coming to Gallipoli. See: Officer on Officer entries for subject's opinion of their

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A.H.Drury (GS) Photos of 8th Duke of Wellington's in training 1914, wearing a variety of clothing (including "Kitchener blue"

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F.A.Corfield (GS) See summary for several refs e.g. Letters, 10.11.14 "Kitchener's army men, very good at their job, but

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M.Ward (E/Pal) Letter 2, 1914. 8,000 men camped at Bovington and Gotsmore. "They are half starved". "Don't advise anyone to join Kitcheners Army, they are northcountrymen and will pinch anything"

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D.P.Hirsch (GS) Letter 3, 1915 (p6) "They are not nearly so good as Kitchener's. Those 2nd line Territorials ... don't have

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