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  Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Subsequently, Allenby led the Inniskillings in the advance on Barberton and engaged the Boers at Lake Chrissie, during which the Cavalry Division was continually engaged by the Boers in Eastern Transvaal.
Allenby chose to steer a middle path, in which the importance of firepower was emphasised through the introduction of the machine gun and the training of cavalrymen in infantry tactics, whilst the alternative of relying on shock action where necessary was kept open.
Allenby was made a Field Marshal in 1919 and on August 6 of that year was created Viscount Allenby, of Megiddo and of Felixstowe in the County of Suffolk.
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 Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby Biography / Biography of Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby Main Biography
The English field marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861-1936), was a commander during World War I. His fame rests largely on his leadership in the Allied victory over the Turkish armies in 1917-1918.
Edmund Allenby was born on April 23, 1861, in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England.
Allenby was commissioned in the army in 1882 and sent with his unit to South Africa, too late for the battle of Majuba Hill, won by Boer force.
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 Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (April 23rd 1861 - May 14th 1936) was a British general known for his command in World War I.
Allenby was sent to Egypt to be made commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) on June 27th 1917, replacing Sir Archibald Murray.
Allenby was made a Field Marshal in 1919 and on August 6th was created Viscount Allenby of Megiddo.
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 Viscount Allenby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viscount Allenby, of Megiddo and of Felixstowe in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861-1936)
Dudley Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby (1903-1984)
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 Read about Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 1893, Allenby’s time as Adjutant of the regiment came to an end, and in 1894 he sat – and failed – the entry exam for the
Subsequently, Allenby led the Inniskillings in the advance on Barberton and engaged the Boers at Lake Chrissie, during which the Cavalry Division was continually engaged by the Boers in Eastern
Allenby became Inspector-General at a difficult time – the Boer War and Russo-Japanese War had assisted the growth of two differing outlooks regarding the role of cavalry in modern war.
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 Reader's Companion to Military History - - Allenby, Edmund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
On the Western Front, Allenby became commander of the Third Army in 1915 and directed the ill-fated Gommecourt diversion at the Somme on July 1, 1916.
Allenby was lucky to be sent to Palestine, where he had room to maneuver with cavalry, twice as many troops as the enemy, air superiority, and good logistics.
Yet Allenby remains enigmatic—a failure in France, successful in the Middle East—capable of furious rages but a humanist who was well read, a student of nature, and a keen historian of the Crusades.
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Allenby was sent to Egypt to be made commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force on June 27, 1917, replacing Sir Archibald Murray.
Having reorganised his regular forces Allenby won the Third Battle of Gaza (October 31-November 7, 1917) by surprising the defenders with an attack at Beersheba.
Allenby was made a Field Marshal in 1919 and on August 6 was created Viscount of Megiddo.
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 War: Edmund Allenby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo (April 23, 1861 - May 14, 1936) was a British soldier.
One of Allenby's first moves was to support the efforts of T. Lawrence amongst the Arabs with Ј200,000 a month.
Turkey capitulated on October 30, 1918 Allenby was made a Field Marshal in 1919 and on August 6 was created Viscount of Megiddo.
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Ivy Catherine Allenby was the daughter of Captain Frederick Claude Hynman Allenby and Edith Mabel Jaffray.
Henry Jaffnay Hynman Allenby is the son of Michael Jaffnay Hynman Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Sara Margaret Wiggin.
Henry Jaffnay Hynman Allenby, son of Michael Jaffnay Hynman Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Sara Margaret Wiggin, on 29 September 1996.
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However at the of Arras his forces failed to exploit breakthrough and he was replaced by Julian Byng on June 9th.
Having reorganised his regular forces Allenby the Third Battle of Gaza (October 31st - November 7th 1917) surprising the defenders with an attack at Beersheba.
The German offensive on the Western Front that Allenby was without reinforcements and after forces failed to capture Amman in March and April 1918 he the offensive.
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 Edmund Allenby
General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby was educated at Sandhurst, Britain's stellar military academy.
Allenby, however, is most famous for leading British forces in the Middle East.
Allenby of Armageddon; a Record of the Career and Campaigns of Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby.
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Edmund Allenby was elevated to command the Third Army in 1915.
Allenby and Haig shared a mutual dislike but Lloyd George had confidence in him and he was appointed Commander in Chief in Egypt in Jun1917.
Allenby was unable to continue his offensive due to a lack of resource caused by the German offensive on the Western Front.
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Field Marshal Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo was the son of Hyman Allenby and Catherine Anne Cane.
She married Field Marshal Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo, son of Hyman Allenby and Catherine Anne Cane, on 30 December 1896 at Donhead, St. Andrews, Wiltshire, England.
Horace Michael Hynman Allenby was the son of Field Marshal Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Adelaide Mabel Chapman.
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 Centre for First World War Studies
General Sir Edmund Allenby (1861-1936) commanded the Cavalry Division, the Cavalry Corps, V Corps and Third Army on the Western Front.
Allenby’s nickname was a product of his size and his explosive temper.
There is some material for this view in Allenby’s conduct of the battle of Arras (April-May 1917), but none in his defeat of the Ottoman Empire in Palestine (1917-18), where he fully realised Stonewall Jackson’s dictum that the role of a general was to ‘mystify, mislead and surprise’.
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 Encyclopedia: Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Encyclopedia: Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
After the capture of Pretoria, and during Field Marshal Lord Roberts’; push eastwards, the Inniskillings were active around the town of Middelburg in which a thinly held line was maintained for more than three weeks against an active enemy.
The column period of the war lasted for eighteen months and took place across the Transvaal, the Orange Free State, Natal and the Cape Colony –; an area equal to Germany, France and Holland combined.
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 First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Edmund Allenby
Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby (1861-1936) who was born in Brackenhurst on 23 April 1861, began his military career with the Inniskilling Dragoons in 1882 following an education at the Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst), serving in South Africa between 1884-88 and taking part in the Second Boer War from 1899-1901.
In 1917 he was given command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (chiefly because of a disagreement with Sir Douglas Haig over tactics used at the Battle of Arras).
Sir Edmund Allenby, who retired in 1925 becoming Rector of Edinburgh University, died in London on 14 May 1936.
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 Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Allenby's mission was to defeat the Ottoman Turks, who controlled the area, and assure British dominance there.
He ranked with actors David Garrick and Sir Henry Irving and was especially known for his portrayal of the title role in Shakespeare's ‘Othello'.
Henry Wriothesley, to whom Shakespeare dedicated two poems, was one of the writer's first patrons.
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May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years).
1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
1553 - Margaret of Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (d.
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Bibliography: See A. Wavell, Allenby (1941) and Allenby in Egypt (1945); B. Gardner, Allenby of Arabia (1965).
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Having reorganised his regular forces Allenby won the Third Battle of Gaza (October 31st - November 7th, 1917) bysurprising the defenders with an attack at Beersheba.
Although he was a supreme master of cavalry horse warfare, before entering Jerusalem, Allenby dismounted and together with hisofficers, entered the city on foot through the Jaffa Gate out of his great respect for the status of Jerusalem as the Holy City important to Judaism,Christianity, and Islam (see his proclamation of marshal law below).
New troops from the Empire(specifically Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa) led to the resumption of operations in August 1918.
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After periods in command of the British cavalry and the 5th Corps, he became commander of the 3rd Army (October 1915) and was prominently engaged at the Battle of Arras (April 1917).
Allenby's success in these campaigns was attributable partly to his skillful and innovative use of cavalry and other mobile forces in positional warfare.
As high commissioner for Egypt (1919–25) Allenby steered that country firmly but impartially through political disturbances and saw it recognized as a sovereign state in 1922.
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 LHCMA catalogue: Allenby - brief list
Papers of FM Edmund (Henry Hynman) Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and of Felixstowe, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (1861-1936)
6 Correspondence relating to Allenby (Harrap and Co, London, 1940) by FM Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, 1936-1939
7 Papers relating to Allenby in Egypt (Harrap and Co, London, 1943) by FM Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, [1935]-1946, 1955
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Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Allenby joined the Inniskilling Dragoons in 1882 and saw active service in the Bechuanaland expedition (1884 - 85), in Zululand (1888), and in the South
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