Monday, June 5, 1916
Rain
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Archive Silence
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HIS DAYReceiving news of Kitchener's death
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-06-05Top News
Daily Edition
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener was killed when HMS Hampshire struck a mine and sank off Orkney, Scotland.. The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire began with attacks on the garrison in Medina.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"I went to see Keightley... he showed me my blood through a microscope, it is all stagnant again... He said injections would be much the best thing for me..."