Lord Kitchener boarding HMS Hampshire, June 5, 1916. Kitchener, his staff, and 643 of the crew died when the ship struck a mine and sank. Here, Admiral Jellicoe, the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, bids farewell to him and his party prior to their embarkation on the doomed ship. Lord Kitchener, in a military overcoat, is facing Admiral Jellicoe, who is shaking hands with Mr. H.J. O'Beirne, of the Foreign Office. Lt.-Col. Fitzgerald, on the gangway, was Lord Kitchener's personal military secretary. From Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, His Life and Work for the Empire, published 1916.