General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby

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First name/s
Edmund Henry Hynman
Last name
Allenby
Final rank
General
Date of Birth
23/04/1861
Place of Birth
Date of Death
14/05/1936
Place of Death

Ranks held

Conflicts

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Timeline

23/04/1861
Date of birth
1882
Inniskilling Dragoons.
1884 - 1888
Served in South Africa.
1899 - 1901
Served in the Boer War.
1914
Put in charge of the Cavalry Division of the British Expeditionary Force.
1919 - 1925
Served as High Commissioner to Egypt.
1919
Created a Field Marshal and ennobled.
14/05/1936
Date of death

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