The Henson Journals

Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby

Edmund Allenby (1861-1936; ODNB), general and commander-in-chief, Egyptian expeditionary force, 1917-19, during the Palestine campaign against the Ottoman forces, which led to the capture of Jerusalem in December 1917 and victory at the battle of Meggido in September 1918; cr. 1st Viscount Allenby of Meggido (1919); high commissioner, Egypt and Sudan 1919-25.

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