1st Viscount Allenby

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1st Viscount Allenby was a British Army field marshal renowned for his leadership in the Middle Eastern theatre during World War I, particularly the capture of Jerusalem in 1917.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
human
viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
allegiance British Empire
United Kingdom
awardReceived Légion d'honneur
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of St Michael and St George NERFINISHED
Order of the Bath
Order of the Medjidie NERFINISHED
Order of the Nile NERFINISHED
Order of the Redeemer NERFINISHED
Order of the White Eagle (Serbia) NERFINISHED
conflict Mahdist War NERFINISHED
Second Boer War
World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
educatedAt Haileybury and Imperial Service College NERFINISHED
Royal Military College, Sandhurst NERFINISHED
familyName Allenby NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cavalry warfare
military leadership
givenName Edmund NERFINISHED
hasOccupation colonial administrator
military officer
influenced British military strategy in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Lords
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Field Marshal
notableAchievement capture of Damascus in 1918
defeat of Ottoman forces in Palestine
notableEvent entry into Jerusalem on foot in December 1917
notableWork Megiddo offensive of 1918 NERFINISHED
Palestine campaign in World War I NERFINISHED
capture of Jerusalem in 1917
partOf British high command in World War I NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED
positionHeld High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan NERFINISHED
commander of the British Cavalry Division in the Second Boer War
commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force
commander of the Third Army (British Army)
sexOrGender male
title Baron Allenby NERFINISHED
Viscount Allenby NERFINISHED

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General Allenby title 1st Viscount Allenby
subject surface form: Edmund Allenby
Edmund Allenby title 1st Viscount Allenby
Edmund Allenby nobleTitle 1st Viscount Allenby
this entity surface form: Viscount Allenby
Allenby Street (Tel Aviv) namedAfter 1st Viscount Allenby
this entity surface form: Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby