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	Colin Dunn
	2005

Marwick Head, Orkney

Marwick Head is 5 miles north-west of Dounby in Orkney. The memorial on the cliff top commemorates the loss of Field Marshall Lord Kitchener (1850-1916), the British Minister of War, and the cruiser HMS Hampshire. On the 5th June 1916, the HMS Hampshire was on tis way to Russia, where Kitchener was to meet the Tzar of Russia to discuss aid for the campaign against Germany on the eastern front. The Hampshire struck a mine in heavy seas, exploded, and sank within minutes. The memorial was raised through funds from the people of Orkney.

The plaque, mounted on the east-facing wall, reads:

"This tower was raised by the people of Orkney in memory of Field Marshall Earl Kitchener of Khartoum on that corner of his country which he had served so faithfully nearest to the place where he died on duty. He and his staff perished along with the officers and nearly all the men of HMS Hampshire on 5th June, 1916."
Picture Added on 12 December 2006.