Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
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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 also in the First World War, in which he led the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the conquest of Palestine.
Field Marshal Viscount Allenby
Drawing of Allenby from journal "The War" c. 1917
The victorious Allenby dismounted, enters Jerusalem on foot out of respect for the Holy City, 11 December 1917
From left to right (holding papers): Weizmann, Allenby and the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem delivering a speech.
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
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The Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) was a British Empire military formation, formed on 10 March 1916 under the command of General Archibald Murray from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Force in Egypt (1914–15), at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.
A mint stamp of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force available at EEF post offices in Lebanon.
1920 EEF Laissez-passer issued at Jerusalem, British-occupied Palestine.