Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, was a senior British Army officer and imperial governor. He fought in the Second Boer War and in the First World War, in which he led t
Allenby in 1917
Allenby (centre), together with General Sir Herbert Plumer (left) and General Sir Henry Horne in conference at Camblain-Chatelain, France, 1916.
Allenby and King Albert I of Belgium.
Drawing of Allenby from journal "The War" c. 1917
Battle of the Somme
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The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Republic against the German Empire. It took pl
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
…rank) on 1 January 1916 "for distinguished service in the Field". In the mid-summer of 1916, he was the army commander in support of the launch of the Battle of the Somme, with responsibility for the abortive assault by Third Army troops on the trench fortress of the Gommecourt salient, which failed with severe casualties…
The Western Front (January 1915 – December 1916)
Troops of the British Indian Army at Battle of the Somme.
Men of the 10th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment of the 31st Division marching to the front line, 28 June 1916.
British aerial photograph of German trenches north of Thiepval, 10 May 1916, with the German forward lines to the lower left. The crenellated appearance of the trenches is due to the presence of traverses.