Lord Kitchener and Lord Haig are two monumental figures of the First World War. Their reputations, both in their lifetimes and after their deaths, have been attacked and defended, scrutinized and contested. The material representations of Haig and Kitchener were shaped, used and manipulated for official and popular ends by a variety of groups at different times during the twentieth century. The purpose of this study is not to discover the real individual, nor to attack or defend their reputations, rather it is an exploration of how both men have been depicted since their deaths and to consider what this tells us about the nature and meaning of First World War commemoration.

Stephen Heathorn is Professor of British History and Director of Graduate Studies of the Department of History at McMaster University, Canada. He is the author of For Home, Country and Race (University of Toronto Press, 2000) and more than two dozen academic articles on the history of nationalism, commemoration and heritage in Britain.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Outrage and Reverence: Wartime and Post-War Reactions to the Death of Kitchener; Chapter 3 Conspiracy and Scandal: Kitchener's Contested Death in the Interwar Years; Chapter 4 Commemoration and Controversy: Haig's Funeral and National Monument; Chapter 5 'Haigiography': Haig and his Character as a lieu de mémoire; Chapter 6 Bitterness and Satire: Kitchener and Haig in Visual and Material Culture; Chapter 7 Conclusion;