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Field Marshall Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby MID
British Army Inniskillings 6th Dragoons
from:England
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo, was Inspector of the Cavalry between 1910 and 1914. He was General Officer Commanding of the 1st Cavalry Division, British Expeditionary Force in 1914. He was General Officer Commanding of the Cavalry Corps between 1914 and 1915. He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, for which he was mentioned in despatches seven times
He fought in the Battle of Megiddo on 19 September 1918, where he defeated the Turks