Allenby (of Megiddo and of Felixstowe), Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount
- Allenby (of Megiddo and of Felixstowe), Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount
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died May 14, 1936, London
British field marshal.
He fought in the
South African War and served as inspector general of cavalry (1910–14). In World War I, he commanded with distinction in the Middle East. His victory over the Turks at Gaza (1917) led to the capture of Jerusalem, and his victory at Megiddo, along with his capture of Damascus and Aleppo, ended Ottoman power in Syria. His success was partly due to his innovative use of cavalry and other mobile forces, and he is remembered as the last great British leader of mounted cavalry. As high commissioner for Egypt (1919–25), he steered that country to recognition as a sovereign state (1922).
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