Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener - Kitchener in Fiction

Kitchener in Fiction

• In the British sitcom Dad's Army, Lance Corporal Jones repeatedly tells tales of when he served under "Lord Kitchener" against the "Fuzzy Wuzzies" and mentions his involvement in the Battle of Omdurman in the episode The Two and a Half Feathers. The rumours about Kitchener's sexuality are briefly touched upon in the episode Number Engaged, when Pike asks why Jones always puts his hand on his hip in a somewhat flamboyant manner when imitating Kitchener. Jones replies that he does not want to go into it.
• Kitchener was referred to in the novel Rilla of Ingleside of Lucy Maud Montgomery.
• Kitchener makes two brief appearances as a character in the 2008 novel After Omdurman by John Ferry.
• Kitchener makes appearances in The Measure of Days, Volume 30 of The Morland Dynasty, a series of historical novels by author Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. This novel includes a fictional account of the sinking of HMS Hampshire.
• Kitchener is included as a character in the 2001 book Kruger's Gold, a novel of the Anglo-Boer War by author Sidney Allinson. The fact-based novel portrays Kitchener's personality, accurately drawn from his known real-life mannerisms, including some of his direct quotations.
• Dick Emery's comedy character, pensioner James Maynard Kitchener Lampwick, was named for Kitchener.