Posters featuring an image of this man and the slogan "Your country needs YOU" were used for recruitment in World War I.
The Times  and  The Daily Mail  attacked this man during a scandal over the shortage of shells at the front. Lord Curzon resigned his position as Viceroy in a clash with this man, who served as Commander in Chief in India from 1902 to 1909. He was killed when the  HMS Hampshire  collided with a mine while on a trip to Russia during World War I. The strength of his British Expeditionary Force necessitated a French retreat from the Upper Nile region in the (*)  Fashoda Incident. Posters featuring an image of this man and the slogan "Your country needs YOU" were used for recruitment in World War I. This man was made Lord of Khartoum after massacring eleven thousand Mahdist soldiers at the Battle of Omdurman. For 10 points, name this British general who fought a scorched earth campaign during the Boer War.
The Times  and  The Daily Mail  attacked this man during a scandal over the shortage of shells at the front.
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl  Kitchener  [or  Kitchener  of Khartoum]