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Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, KStJ (23 April 1861 – 14 May 1936) was a senior British Army officer and Imperial Governor.
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General Sir Edmund Allenby led the Egyptian Expeditionary Force to victory in Palestine and Syria in 1917 and 1918. He successfully pioneered the combined use of infantry, cavalry, tanks, artillery and aeroplanes at the Battle of Megiddo.
May 10, 2024 · Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (born April 23, 1861, Brackenhurst, near Southwell, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died May 14, 1936, London) was a field marshal, the last great British leader of mounted cavalry, who directed the Palestine campaign in World War I.
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It was created on 7 October 1919 for the prominent military commander Field Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to his younger brother Captain Frederick Claude Hynman Allenby and his heirs male lawfully begotten.
Dec 6, 2018 · The appointment of General Edmund Allenby as commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary force in June 1917 revitalised the Palestine Campaign. His orders from Prime Minister David Lloyd George were to capture Jerusalem by Christmas.
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Mar 24, 2020 · Field Marshal Edmund Allenby was a British army officer who commanded a variety of formations on the Western Front, including the Third Army (October 1915 - June 1917) and the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine from June 1917 until the end of the First World War.
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British general who led the Allied expeditionary force that overwhelmed Turkish and German forces in Palestine during the closing stages of World War I. He received a knighthood in 1915 and was created Viscount Allenby of Megiddo in 1919.
