Lieutenant Robert Septimus Grenfell died in a cavalry charge at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 and his two youngest brothers (twins) were both killed in the First World War.
In 1898 he covered the Tirah Campaign in India and went on to Sudan for the campaign culminating in the Battle of Omdurman.
Hubert George Lyulph Howard (3 April 1871 - September 1898), killed at the Battle of Omdurman.
Her great-grandfather, Sheikh Babiker Badri, fought against Kitchener's British forces at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 and pioneered women's education in Sudan.
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A ship near the island was part of the Lord Herbert Kitchener Pasha campaign, which set up a camp near Wad Hamid on 24 August 1898 before Pasha went to Oumdurman for the final battle at Kararri on 2 September 1898.
Berkeley also depicted contemporary events and several were published as photogravures by Henry Graves including The Victory of Candahar, Charge of the Gordon Highlanders at Dargai, Atbara, and Omdurman.
Brighton, Terry, The Last Charge: the 21st Lancers and the Battle of Omdurman.