Edmund Allenby

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Edmund Allenby was a British Army field marshal best known for his leadership in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, particularly the successful campaigns in Palestine and the capture of Jerusalem.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
field marshal
human
allegiance United Kingdom
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Légion d'honneur
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of Merit
Order of St. George
Order of the Nile
Order of the Rising Sun
Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)
conflict Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
surface form: First World War – Middle Eastern theatre

Second Boer War
World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
educatedAt Haileybury College
surface form: Haileybury and Imperial Service College
familyName Allenby
givenName Edmund
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Lords
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Field Marshal
General
nobleTitle 1st Viscount Allenby
surface form: Viscount Allenby
notableCommand British Cavalry Corps
surface form: Cavalry Corps (British Army)

1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)
surface form: Cavalry Division (British Army)

British Egyptian Expeditionary Force
surface form: Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Third Army (United Kingdom)
surface form: Third Army (British Army)
notableEvent Battle of Beersheba (1917)
Battle of Megiddo (1918)
capture of Damascus (1918)
capture of Jerusalem (1917)
notableFor capture of Jerusalem without bombardment of the holy places
leadership in the Palestine campaign of World War I
notableWork Sinai and Palestine campaign
surface form: British campaign in Palestine

capture of Jerusalem in 1917
occupation colonial administrator
military officer
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, Egypt
surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force

High Commissioner for Egypt
surface form: High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan
sexOrGender male
theatreOfOperations Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Sinai and Palestine campaign
surface form: Palestine campaign

Western Front
surface form: Western Front (World War I)
title 1st Viscount Allenby

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Second Battle of Ypres commander Edmund Allenby
Battle of Arras (1917) commander Edmund Allenby
Sinai and Palestine campaign commander Edmund Allenby
High Commissioner for Egypt officeHolder Edmund Allenby
this entity surface form: Lord Allenby
High Commissioner for Egypt positionHeldBy Edmund Allenby
this entity surface form: Lord Allenby
General Allenby fullName Edmund Allenby
subject surface form: Edmund Allenby
this entity surface form: Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby
General Allenby honorificTitle Edmund Allenby
subject surface form: Edmund Allenby
this entity surface form: Field Marshal Viscount Allenby
General Allenby basedOn Edmund Allenby
subject surface form: General Allenby (Lawrence of Arabia character)
Arras 1917 alliedCommander Edmund Allenby
Battle of Megiddo (1918) commander Edmund Allenby
Arras Offensive commander Edmund Allenby
Third Army (United Kingdom) notableCommander Edmund Allenby
this entity surface form: Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Battle of Beersheba (1917) commander Edmund Allenby
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force notableCommander Edmund Allenby
this entity surface form: General Sir Edmund Allenby
Battle of Gaza commander Edmund Allenby
Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) commanderSide Edmund Allenby
this entity surface form: Edmund Allenby (British Empire)
Allenby Street (Tel Aviv) namedAfter Edmund Allenby
this entity surface form: British field marshal Edmund Allenby
Archibald Murray replacedBy Edmund Allenby