2-703-912 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'In the Kitchener Memorial Chapel of St. Paul's Cathedral', c1935. The All Souls' Chapel at St Paul's in London was dedicated to the memory of British Field Marshal Lord Kitchener (1850-1916) in 1925. Kitchener died at sea and his body was never recovered. He is best known for his restructuring of the British army during WWI and for the recruitment campaign, using the slogan 'Your Country Needs You'. His effigy is flanked by sculptures of the military saints St Michael and St George. From "Wonderful London, Volume 2", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]