Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby Biography

Leads the Cavalry Division during operations on the Aisne.

Leads the Cavalry Corps at the 1st Battle of Ypres

Commands the British Expeditionary Force Cavalry Division when war begins.

Deploys to France in command of the British Cavalry Division.

Appointed Commander of the Cavalry Division of the BEF

Appointed Commander of the Cavalry Division of the BEF

Uses cavalry dismounted to help hold the line south of Ypres.

Commands cavalry during the Allied advance associated with the Marne fighting.

Leads cavalry during the fighting around Mons.

Applies extensive cavalry experience during the mobile opening campaign in France and Belgium.

Directs cavalry covering movements during the British retreat from Mons.

Serves as a senior British cavalry commander during the opening Western Front battles.

Commands cavalry engaged in the critical fighting around Ypres.

Wins praise for leadership during the 1914 fighting at Ypres.

His cavalry formations help hold threatened sectors during the Ypres fighting.

Leads the Cavalry Corps during the First Battle of Ypres.

Receives command of the British Expeditionary Force Cavalry Corps.

Takes command of the newly formed BEF Cavalry Corps.

Allenby leads cavalry during the fighting around Ypres.

Assumes responsibility for Third Army operations on the Arras sector.

Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army

Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army

Appointed Commander of 5th Corps

Appointed Commander of 5th Corps

Takes command of V Corps on the Western Front.

Leads V Corps through the difficult defensive fighting at Second Ypres.

Commands V Corps during the Second Battle of Ypres.

Takes command of the British Third Army in October 1915.

Is appointed to command the British Third Army.

Leads Third Army operations north of the main Somme battlefield.

Directs Third Army during prolonged attritional warfare on the Western Front.

Leads the 3rd Army south of the River Somme

Commands British Third Army during the diversionary attack at Gommecourt.

Commands Third Army during the diversionary attack at Gommecourt.

Increases British support for T E Lawrence and the Arab Revolt.

Strengthens discipline within the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.

Works to improve the efficiency of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.

Reorganises the Egyptian Expeditionary Force after taking command.

Makes frequent front-line visits to improve morale after assuming EEF command.

Encourages irregular operations against Ottoman communications.

The capture of Jerusalem makes Allenby a celebrated British wartime commander.

Combines infantry operations with mobile mounted formations during the Palestine advance.

The Beersheba manoeuvre turns the Ottoman southern defensive position.

His organisational and operational changes revitalise the British campaign in Palestine.

Restores mobile warfare to the Palestine campaign after the earlier failures at Gaza.

Uses personal visits and energetic command to raise morale in the Palestine force.

Third Army fails to fully exploit its initial breakthrough at Arras.

Third Army achieves an important initial breakthrough during the Battle of Arras.

Commands Third Army in the Arras offensive.

Commands British Third Army in the main assault east of Arras.

The British 1st & 3rd Armies attack the German 6th Army, British tactical victory. Leads the 3rd Army into battle, the battle results in a stalemate. 9-15 April, preliminary to the Nivelle offensive

Third Army breaches German defensive positions associated with the Hindenburg Line.

Breaks through the Hindenburg Line. Breaches the Hindenburg Line

The British 1st & 3rd Armies attack the German 6th Army, British tactical victory

Leads the 3rd Army into battle, the battle results in a stalemate

Takes command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in June 1917.

Is replaced in command of Third Army before transferring to the Middle East.

Appointed Commander of the BEF 3rd Army

Appointed Commander of the BEF 3rd Army

Appointed Commander of the BEF 3rd Army

Appointed Commander of the BEF 3rd Army

Appointed Commander in Chief, EEF

Appointed Commander in Chief, EEF

Assumes command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.

Grants Lawrence a 200,000 pound monthly subsidy to support Arab rebellion against the Turks

Plans a feint toward Gaza while preparing the main attack against Beersheba.

An attack against Gaza diverts Turkey away from Allenbys planned attack on Beersheba

An attack against Gaza diverts Turkey away from Allenbys planned attack on Beersheba

The Australian Light Horse charge helps secure Beersheba during Allenby's offensive.

Attacks the Turks, Beersheba is captured & 2,000 Turkish troops taken prisoner

The capture of Beersheba breaks the Gaza deadlock and turns the Ottoman flank.

Uses a wide desert manoeuvre to outflank the heavily defended Gaza position.

Launches the main offensive against Beersheba after misleading Ottoman defenders near Gaza.

Employs British Empire mounted forces effectively in the attack on Beersheba.

Attacks the Turks, Beersheba is captured & 2,000 Turkish troops taken prisoner

Captures Gaza

Beersheba's capture forces Ottoman troops to retreat from the Gaza position.

The Gaza victory opens the road for the British advance toward Jerusalem.

Begins the Third Battle of Gaza after the success at Beersheba.

Occupies Gaza

Enters Gaza after Ottoman forces abandon the position.

Renews operations toward Jerusalem after the Gaza-Beersheba victories.

Resumes operations against Jerusalem

Captures Jerusalem

Commands the campaign that captures Jerusalem in December 1917.

Makes his formal entry into Jerusalem on foot.

Receives Jerusalem's notables following the city's capture.

Enters Jerusalem

Rebuilds the Egyptian Expeditionary Force before resuming offensive operations.

Postpones a major renewed advance while formations are transferred to France.

Loses troops to reinforce the Western Front during the German Spring Offensive.

Issues secret orders for the Palestine Offensive

Forces under his command capture the strategic stronghold of Afulah.

Chaytor's Force captures Amman during the collapse of Ottoman resistance.

Mounted forces under his command secure Beisan during the Megiddo pursuit.

The Desert Mounted Corps secures key defiles through the Carmel Range.

Conceals the main coastal concentration while deception points Ottoman attention toward the Jordan Valley.

Secretly concentrates striking forces on the coastal sector before the Megiddo offensive.

Orders the rapid pursuit north toward Damascus after the Megiddo breakthrough.

Chaytor's Force captures Es Salt as Ottoman Fourth Army formations retreat.

British Empire forces secure Haifa during the post-Megiddo advance.

British Empire mounted troops capture Jenin during the rapid advance.

Chaytor's Force captures important Jordan River crossings during Megiddo.

Uses a feint toward the Jordan Valley to mislead Ottoman commanders before Megiddo.

Megiddo becomes the decisive victory of Allenby's Palestine and Syria campaign.

The Megiddo victory inflicts catastrophic losses on the Ottoman armies.

Plans a surprise offensive designed to trap Ottoman armies and block their escape.

Directs a fast-moving pursuit from Palestine into Syria after Megiddo.

Twentieth Corps attacks the Ottoman line in the Judean Hills at Nablus.

His forces secure Nazareth during the exploitation after the Sharon breakthrough.

Mounted forces encircle Ottoman formations and restrict their routes of escape.

Mounted troops secure Samakh as Ottoman forces collapse in northern Palestine.

Allied aircraft devastate retreating Ottoman columns along the Wadi el Fara road.

Ottoman troops at Ziza surrender to ANZAC mounted forces during the pursuit.

Sept 16-Sept 18 the Damascus Campaign, aircraft bombard Turkish command centres

Sept 16-Sept 18 the Damascus Campaign, aircraft bombard Turkish command centres

Arab forces disrupt Ottoman lines of communication as Allenby's Megiddo offensive begins.

Sends the Desert Mounted Corps through the breakthrough into the Ottoman rear.

Coordinates infantry, cavalry, artillery, armoured vehicles and aircraft at Megiddo.

Launches the Battle of Megiddo on 19 September 1918.

Plans the Megiddo attack to trap Ottoman formations and close their principal escape routes.

Uses a powerful creeping barrage to support the infantry attack at Sharon.

Twenty-First Corps infantry punches openings through Ottoman defences at Sharon.

Ottoman forces around Nablus are broken during the Megiddo offensive.

Orders an advance on Damascus

British Empire forces advance into Beirut during the pursuit north.

Forces under his command capture Damascus during the rapid pursuit.

Beirut falls to the British

Meets Emir Feisal in Damascus after the city's capture.

Meets Feisal in Damascus

Allied forces capture Homs as the pursuit continues through Syria.

The Allied advance reaches and captures Aleppo late in October.

The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice five days after Aleppo falls.

Turkey capitulates after Allenbys Damascus Campaign

Declares Eastern Peoples liberation

Allenby destroys 3 Turkish Armies & captures 75,000 prisoners

Begins service as Special High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan.

Is promoted to field marshal after his wartime victories.

Remains in the Middle East after the war as Britain's senior representative in Egypt.

Is appointed Special High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan.

Appointed Egypt Special High Commissioner

Created Viscount Allenby, 1st