First mentioned in The Belfast And Province Of Ulster Directory 1899. This street was named in honour of Field Marshal, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, who was a senior British Army Officer who fought during the Boer War. According to the National Army Museum website he became a household name during the Conquest of the Soudan . Kitchener later became the Commander-in-Chief and Secretary of State for War at the beginning of the Great War. He lost his life when the ship he was aboard sank on June 5, 1916. Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC: Soudan Street is listed in The Belfast And Province Of Ulster Directory 1899.