Field Marshal Lord Kitchener
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener is familiar to us all from the First World War Recruiting Poster. What is less known is his remarkable career, from 2Lt in the Royal Engineers, surveying Palestine and Cyprus, to a talented leader of colonial native troops in the Middle East, to his role as Commander at Omdurman, and as the eventual victor of the Boer War. His achievements in raising the New Army, from a standing start, in 1914/1915 has not been equalled, and bears study today as the prospect of expanding the Armed Forces looms.
Major General John Drewienkiewicz
Maj Gen John Drewienkiewicz, known to many as DZ, served in the Royal Engineers from 2Lt to Maj Gen, before embarking on 6 years in the Balkans, where he served in NATO, the Office of the Civilian High representative, and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. His principal roles were as the Chief of Operations of the unarmed Kosovo Verification Mission (1998/99) and as the Military Advisor to High Representative Paddy Ashdown. He is a long-term student of military history, and has led multiple battlefield tours of the European battles of the18th and 19th Centuries, as well as wargaming many of the battles.
