ALLENBY: 1/1-1/14 Correspondence and personal papers, [1890-1914]

ALLENBY: 1/1/1-24 Letters from Allenby to his family, 1890-1899

ALLENBY: 1/1/1-14 [1890-1895]

Letters from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, written during his service with the Inniskilling Dragoons in the UK, and mainly concerning family and personal matters. 14 letters

ALLENBY: 1/1/15-17 [1897]-1899

Letter and telegrams from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, mainly concerning family and personal matters. 1 letter, 2 telegrams

ALLENBY: 1/1/18-24 [1900-1914]

Miscellaneous personal papers including 'Government Gazette Extraordinary', printed leaflet satirising British progress in the Boer War, produced by the Boers of Vryheid District, Natal, Aug 1901; postcards collected by (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, [1900-1914]. 1 file

ALLENBY: 1/2/1-166 Letters from Allenby to his wife, 1899-1902

During the recataloguing of this collection in 1997, it was discovered that some of the reference numbers of Allenby's Boer War letters were incorrect (see 1/2). These have now been corrected, so researchers may find that some reference numbers differ from reference numbers cited in earlier publications. A concordance has been compiled to cross refer between old and new numbers (see Appendix ).

ALLENBY: 1/2/1-1/2/7 1899 Nov 4-1899 Dec 16

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing voyage from Queenstown, Ireland, to South Africa, arrival in Cape Town, Cape Colony, and journey to join Maj Gen John Denton Pinkstone French's Cavalry Division at Colesberg, Cape Colony. 7 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/8-1/2/19 1899 Dec 16-1900 Jan 31

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Colesberg, Cape Colony, notably his command of an attack on Colesberg road bridge, 14 Jan 1900. 12 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/20-24 1900 Feb 5-1900 Feb 10

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing reorganisation of the Cavalry Division at Modder River Camp prior to operations for the relief of Kimberley, Cape Colony. 5 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/25 1900 Feb 19

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations for the relief of Kimberley, Cape Colony, 11-15 Feb 1900. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/26-27 1900 Feb 26-1900 Mar 3

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Paardeberg, Orange Free State, notably the surrender of Boer Gen Piet A Cronje and his forces, 27 Feb 1900. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/28 1900 Mar 8-1900 Mar 14

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing advance from Paardeberg to Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, notably actions at Poplar Grove, 7 Mar 1900 and Dreifontein, 10 Mar 1900, and during the final advance on Bloemfontein, 12 Mar 1900. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/29-39 1900 Mar 18-1900 May 4

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing life in camp near Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, including operations around Bloemfontein, notably the escort of a convoy of supplies to 2 Cavalry Bde at Thabanchu, Mar 22-27 1900, action at Karree, Mar 29 1900, and Boer attack on 2 Cavalry Bde at Sannah's Post, 31 Mar 1900. 11 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/40-41 1900 May 13-1900 Jun 9

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing advance from Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, to Pretoria, Transvaal, 6 May-5 Jun 1900, and action at Waterval, Transvaal, 8 Jun 1900. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/42 1900 Jun 14

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing the battle of Diamond Hill, Transvaal, Jun 11-12 1900. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/43-45 1900 Jun 20-1900 Jul 8

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing life in camp at Kameelsdrift, near Pretoria, Transvaal. 3 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/46-59 1900 Jul 11-1900 Oct 1

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing advance eastwards from Pretoria, Transvaal, notably his work on an outpost line near Middleburg, 30 Jul-12 Aug, the junction with Buller's force near Carolina, 14 Aug 1900, the capture of Barberton, 13 Sep 1900, and the occupation of Eureka City and the Sheba mines, Sep16 1900-1 Oct 1900. 14 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/60-62 1900 Oct 3-1900 Oct 12

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing the march from Barberton to Machadodorp, Transvaal. 3 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/63 1900 Oct 14-1900 Oct 23

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations between Carolina and Heidelburg, Transvaal, notably at Lake Chrissie, 16 Oct 1900. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/64 1900 Oct 29-1900 Nov 7

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing the march from Heidelburg to Pretoria, Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/65-66 1900 Nov 7-1900 Nov 13

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby and his son (Horace) Michael Hynman Allenby, describing life in camp near Pretoria, Transvaal. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/67-69 1900 Nov 18-1900 Nov 26

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Johannesburg, Transvaal. 3 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/70-73 1900 Nov 29-1900 Dec 6

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing his leave in Johannesburg, Transvaal. 4 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/74-76 1900 Dec 7-1900 Dec 13

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Meyerton, Transvaal. 3 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/77-80 1900 Dec 16-1901 Jan 17

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Krugerdorp, Transvaal. 4 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/81-82 1901 Jan 22-1901 Jan 25

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing life in camp in Johannesburg, Transvaal. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/83 1901 Jan 31-1901 Feb 3

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing advance from Johannesburg towards Ermelo, Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/84-89 1901 Feb 11-1901 Apr 12

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations on the Transvaal-Swaziland border. 6 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/90 1901 Apr 9

Letter from Allenby to his son (Horace) Michael Hynman Allenby, describing life in Swaziland. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/91 1901 Apr 13-1901 Apr 28

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing advance from Piet Relief to Middleburg, Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/92-94 1901 Apr 30-1901 May 23

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Middleburg, Transvaal. 3 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/95-96 1901 May 25-1901 Jun 6

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing his hospitalisation in Pretoria, Transvaal, due to influenza. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/97-109 1901 Jun 11-1901 Aug 27

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations in the Magaliesberg area, Transvaal, notably around the Crocodile and Hex rivers. 13 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/110-111 1901 Aug 29-1901 Sep 8

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations in the Magaliesberg area, Transvaal, notably around the Elands and Selons rivers. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/112 1901 Sep 10-1901 Sep 13

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing his return from the Magaliesberg area to Pretoria, Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/113 1901 Sep 14-1901 Sep 19

Letter from Allenby to his wife describing rail journey from Pretoria, Transvaal, to Dundee, Natal, 14-16 Sep 1901, and Boer attack on mounted column led by Col Hubert de la Poer Gough, Scheeper's Nek, near Vryheid, Natal, 17 Sep 1900. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/114 1901 Sep 19

Letter from Allenby to Capt John Yardley Watkins, describing rail journey from Pretoria, Transvaal, to Dundee, Natal, 14-16 Sep 1901, and complaining about the management of the war. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/115-118 1901 Sep 21-1901 Oct 16

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations on Zululand border, and wildflowers around Entonjanani and Inhlazatyi, Zululand. 4 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/119 18 Oct 1901-24 Oct 1901

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Vryheid, Natal, 20-21 Oct 1901, and march from Vryheid to Dundee, Natal, 22-24 Oct 1901. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/120 1901 Oct 25-1901 Nov 6

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing conference with Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Baron Kitchener, Pretoria, Transvaal, 30 Oct 1901, and operations near Bakenlaagte, Transvaal, 1 Nov 1901. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/121 1901 Oct 27

Letter from Allenby to his father-in-law Horace Edward Chapman, complaining about the management of the war. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/122 1901 Nov 7

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing conditions in camp at Standerton, Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/123-131 1901 Nov 8-1901 Dec 14

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Ermelo, Transvaal. 9 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/132-133 1901 Dec 16-1901 Dec 26

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing journey from eastern Transvaal to Pretoria, Transvaal, 16-21 Dec 1901, his hospitalisation in Pretoria due to influenza, 21-25 Dec 1901. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/134 1901 Dec 29-1902 Jan 1

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing his convalescent leave in Durban, Natal, 28 Dec 1901-1 Jan 1902. Includes sketch of headdress worn by Zulu rickshaw-pullers. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/135 1902 Jan 5-1902 Jan 7

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing visit to Johannesburg, Transvaal, to see Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/136 1902 Jan 13-1902 Jan 16

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations in eastern Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/137-138 1902 Jan 18-1902 Jan 21

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, concerning domestic matters, mainly her forthcoming trip to South Africa. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/139 1902 Jan 24-1902 Jan 29

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations in eastern Transvaal, notably the capture of Boer Cdr E R Grobbelaar's camp, 26 Jan 1902. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/140 1902 Feb 3-1902 Feb 7

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations in eastern Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/141 1902 Mar 1

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, suggesting that she should stay at the Ocean View Hotel in Durban, Natal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/142 1902 Mar 11-1902 Mar 14

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations on the Zululand border. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/143 1902 Mar 16-1902 Mar 18

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations on the Zululand border, notably the capture of Boer Gen Cherry Emmett, 14 Mar 1902. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/144 1902 Mar 20-1902 Mar 25

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations on the Zululand border. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/145 1902 Mar 26

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, concerning her stay in Durban, Natal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/146-149 1902 Mar 31-1902 Apr 15

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations in eastern Transvaal, mainly around Ermelo and Carolina. 4 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/150-151 1902 Apr 17-1902 Apr 24

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations on Orange Free State border, mainly around Villersdorp. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/152 1902 Apr 26

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Heidelberg, Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/153 1902 Apr 29

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations on Orange Free State border, mainly around Villiersdorp. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/154 1902 May 1-1902 May 5

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing advance through north-east Orange Free State. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/155 1902 May 10-1902 May 11

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing operations around Frankfort, Orange Free State. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/156 1902 May 14-1902 May 15

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing advance from Frankfort, Orange Free State, to Greylingstad, Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/2/157 1902 Jun 8

Letter from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, informing her of probable move from Heidelberg to Pretoria, Transvaal, and enclosing photograph of himself and his staff. 1 letter, 1 photograph

ALLENBY: 1/2/158-60 1900 Jan 21,1900 Sep 29, 1900 Dec 22

Letters to (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby from Col [Henry Cockcroft] Page-Henderson, 6 Inniskilling Dragoons, Father Knapp, Chaplain of 6 Inniskilling Dragoons, and Lt John Watkins Yardley, giving her news of Allenby and praising his work in South Africa. 3 letters

ALLENBY: 1/2/161-162 1902 Mar 61902 Apr 28

Letters to Allenby and his mother Catherine Anne Allenby from Malla Moe, Christian missionary in Swaziland, praising Allenby and his work in South Africa. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/3 Copies of letters 1899-1902

ALLENBY: 1/3 1899-1902

Manuscript copies of extracts from letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing his service in South Africa, made for circulation to other members of the family. The original letters can be found in section 1/2 at 1/2/1, 1/2/8, 1/2/16, 1/2/25-28, 1/2/31, 1/2/40, 1/2/63, 1/2/84, 1/2/87, 1/2/91, 1/2/97-99, 1/2/101, 1/2/103-105, 1/2/107, 1/2/110-113, 1/2/115, 1/2/117-118, 1/2/120, 1/2/124, 1/2/129-131, 1/2/133-137, 1/2/139, 1/2/140 and 1/2/142. 1 file

ALLENBY: 1/4 Letters from Allenby to his mother, 1899-1902, 1905, 1908, 1913

ALLENBY: 1/4/1 1899 Oct 14-1899 Oct 23

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, concerning his posting to South Africa. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/2-3 1899 Nov 7-1899 Dec 3

Letters from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing voyage to South Africa. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/4/4 1899 Dec 20

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations around Colesberg, Cape Colony. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/5 1900 Mar 31

Letter from Allenby to his sister Helen Henriette ('Nell') Porter, describing operations around Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, notably action at Karree, 29 Mar 1900. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/6-7 1901 Aug 19-1901 Sep 4

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations in the Magaliesberg area, Transvaal. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/4/8 1901 Oct 20

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations around Vryheid, Orange Free State. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/9 1902 Jan 7

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing visit to Johannesburg, Transvaal, to see Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/10 1902 Jan 29

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations in eastern Transvaal. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/11 1902 Feb 11

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, concerning his wife's visit to South Africa. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/12-14 1902 Feb 14-1902 Mar 10

Letters from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations in eastern Transvaal. 3 letters

ALLENBY: 1/4/16 1902 Mar 16-1902 Mar 25

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations on the Zululand border, notably the capture of Boer Gen Cherry Emmett, 14 Mar 1902. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/17-18 1902 Apr 3-1902 Apr 15

Letters from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations in eastern Transvaal, notably the advance from Carolina to Standerton, 11-14 Apr 1902. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/4/19 1902 Apr 21

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations on Orange Free State border, mainly around Villiersdorp. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/20 1902 Apr 28-1902 May 1

Letter from (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby to her mother-in-law Catherine Anne Allenby, giving her latest news of Allenby. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/21 1902 Apr 29

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations on Orange Free State border, mainly around Villiersdorp. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/22 1902 May 11

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing operations around Frankfort, Orange Free State. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/23-26 1902 May 22-1902 Jun 3

Letters from Allenby and his wife to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing his leave in Durban, Natal. 4 letters

ALLENBY: 1/4/27-31 1902 Jun 14-1902 Jul 2

Letters from Allenby and his wife to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, concerning their return to UK. 4 letters, 1 telegram

ALLENBY: 1/4/32-33 1902 Dec 15-1902 Dec 17

Letter from [a member of Royal Humane Society] to Allenby, enclosing letter from Cecily G Papillon to [the Royal Humane Society] describing yachting trip of 10 Aug 1902 during which Allenby saved her from drowning. 2 letters

ALLENBY: 1/4/34 1908 Mar 18

Letter from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, describing trip to East Africa with his wife, Feb-Mar 1908. 1 letter

ALLENBY: 1/4/35-37 1913 Jan 8-1913 Jan 24

Postcards from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, written during holiday in Spain. 3 postcards

ALLENBY: 1/5 Letters from Allenby to his wife, 1914

ALLENBY: 1/5/1-5 1914 Aug 13-1914 Aug 20

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing journey from UK to France. 5 letters

ALLENBY: 1/5/6-95 1914 Aug 30-1914 Dec 31

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, notably describing operations on the Western Front, Aug-Dec 1914, including retreat from Mons, Aug 1914, first battle of the Aisne, Sep 1914 and first battle of Ypres, Oct-Nov 1914, and also concerning deaths of [Lt Col George Kirkpatrick] Ansell and Norman [Champion] de Crespigny, France, Sep 1914. With letters from Kitty Ansell and [Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, Bt], to (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, Sep 1914; letter of appreciation, 11 Nov 1914, from A Whitfield to Allenby; letter, 11 Aug 1914, from FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford, to Allenby congratulating him on being given command of 1 Cavalry Div; letter, 24 Sep 1914, from Roberts to Allenby's sister Helen Henriette ('Nell') Porter, replying to her suggestion that troops be supplied with fisherman's waders. 90 letters

ALLENBY: 1/6 Letters from Allenby to his family, 1915

ALLENBY: 1/6/1-23 1915 Jan 1-1915 Dec 18

Letters from Allenby to his family, mainly his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby and his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, notably describing operations on Western Front, Jan-Dec 1915, mainly around Ypres, Jan-Oct 1915, and on the Somme, Oct-Dec 1915. With letter, 21 Mar 1915, from General HQ [BEF] to Allenby, informing him that the French Government have conferred on him the decoration of Grand Officier de la Legion d'Honneur; letter, 20 Oct 1915, from Gen Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer to Allenby congratulating him on his appointment as Commander of 3 Army. 23 letters

ALLENBY: 1/7 Letters from Allenby to his mother, 1916

ALLENBY: 1/7/1-9 1916 Jan 3-1916 Sep 8

Letters from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, notably describing operations on the Somme, Jan-Sep 1916, and also concerning his poor health and his son (Horace) Michael Hynman Allenby's service with 7 Div. 9 letters

ALLENBY: 1/8 Letters from Allenby to his family, 1917

ALLENBY: 1/8/1-5 1917 Apr 9-1917 Jun 13

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, notably describing action during the battle of Arras, Apr 1917. 5 letters

ALLENBY: 1/8/6-40 1917 Jul 9-1917 Dec 30

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, notably describing operations in Palestine, including the third battle of Gaza (battle of Beersheba), Oct-Nov 1917, and the capture of Jerusalem, 9 Dec 1917, and also concerning death of their son (Horace) Michael Hynman Allenby on the Western Front, 29 Jul 1917, and arrangements for his wife's arrival in Egypt, Oct 1917. With typed extract from Turkish 16 Div orders, 29 Oct 1917, warning that the Allies are planning an attack; letters to Allenby from Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, 3 Nov 1917, a French [general], 16 Nov 1917, congratulating Allenby on his success during third battle of Gaza; letter, 20 Nov 1917, from Gen Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Bt, to (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby expressing his admiration of Allenby; telegrams, 13 Dec 1917, from the War Office and Father Philip Fletcher congratulating him on the capture of Jerusalem, 9 Dec 1917; letter, 28 Dec 1917, from Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French to Allenby congratulating him on his success in the Palestine campaign. 35 letters

ALLENBY: 1/8/41-43 1917 Dec 22-1917 Dec 31

Photocopied letters from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby. 22, 28 and 31 Dec 1917 from Palestine, with details of the progress of his campaign and the history and geography of the surrounding countryside. The letters are written in Catherine Anne Allenby's hand and were presumably copied for family. 3 letters. 7pp.

ALLENBY: 1/9 Letters from Allenby to his family, 1918

ALLENBY: 1/9/1-23 19 Sep 1918-15 Dec 1918

Letters from Allenby to his family, mainly his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, notably describing operations in Palestine, Sep-Dec 1918, notably battle of Megiddo, Sep 1918, and capture of Damascus, 1 Oct 1918. With telegrams to Allenby from King George V, 23 Sep 1918, and the War Cabinet, 24 Sep 1917, congratulating him on his success in the Palestine campaign; letter, 19 Oct 1918, from Catherine Anne Allenby to her daughter Helen Henriette ('Nell') Porter concerning family matters; letter, 15 Dec 1918, from Allenby to Gen Archibald Percival Wavell, thanking him for passing on a message to FM Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Bt, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; letter, 22 Jun 1918, to Allenby from Capt Herbert Anderson Cape, 5 (Royal Irish) Lancers, giving him news of 5 (Royal Irish) Lancers' service, Mar-Jun 1918. 22 letters

ALLENBY: 1/10 Letters from Allenby to his family, 1919

ALLENBY: 1/10/1-21 2 Jan 1919-25 Nov 1919

Letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby and his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, notably concerning his work as Commander-in-Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Jan-Feb 1919, and High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, Mar-Dec 1919. With letter, 3 Apr 1919. from (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby to Catherine Anne Allenby. 21 letters

ALLENBY: 1/11 Letters from Allenby to his mother, 1920

ALLENBY: 1/11/1-44 1920 Jan 4-1920 Dec 28

Letters from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, notably concerning his work as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1920. With letter, 31 Aug 1920, from Allenby's wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby to Catherine Anne Allenby. 44 letters

ALLENBY: 1/12 Letters from Allenby to his mother, 1921

ALLENBY: 1/12/1-48 1921 Jan 2-1921 Dec 29

Letters from Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, notably concerning his work as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1921. 50 letters

ALLENBY: 1/13 Letters from Allenby to his family, 1922

ALLENBY: 1/13/1-33 1922 Jan 4-1922 Nov 17

Letters from Allenby to his family, mainly his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, notably concerning his work as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1922. With letter, 1 Nov 1922, from Allenby to his sister Catherine Mary ('Kitty') Andrew, enclosing telegram from King George V to Allenby offering him his condolences on the death of his mother. 36 letters, 1 telegram

ALLENBY: 1/14 Miscellaneous correspondence, personal papers and appreciations of Allenby, 1882-1936

ALLENBY: 1/14/1-11 13 Nov 1919-20 Sep 1933

Miscellaneous personal correspondence, principally comprising letters, 1924-1925, from Allenby to his sister Helen Henriette ('Nell') Porter; letters, [1920], from Allenby's brother (Frederick) Claude Hynman Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby; letter, 4 Jul 1922, from Cecil M Firth to Allenby's wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, concerning bronze statues at the Cairo Residency; letter, 14 Nov 1923, from Ernest Scott to Allenby's wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, thanking her and Allenby for their kindness to him during his stay in Egypt; letter, 3 Nov 1928, to Allenby from Mabrouk Fahmi, criticising comment made by Maj [Edward William Polson] Newman on Allenby's career in Egypt. 11 letters

ALLENBY: 1/14/12-31 1882-1936

Miscellaneous personal papers belonging to or relating to Allenby, notably including 'The Times' war map of South Africa, [1899-1902]; printed map showing situation on Western Front on 25 Sep 1918, signed by FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, and sent to Allenby by Haig in 1919; notification of his results in final examination at Royal Military College, Jan 1882; letter, 5 Aug 1919, to Allenby from Rt Hon David Lloyd George informing him of his elevation to Viscount; ephemera, Oct 1919, relating to the Allenby's admission to the Freedom of the City of London; printed notice, 29 Oct 1920, reporting the award of honorary degrees to Allenby and others by the University of Cambridge; correspondence, 1927, concerning his appointment as Colonel-in-Chief, 8 New Zealand Mounted Rifles; corrrespondence, 1929, concerning his bequest of his GCB Mantle to the Order of the Bath; order of memorial service for Allenby, St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Cairo, 1936. 1 file

ALLENBY: 1/14/32-38 [1936]

Obituaries of Allenby, notably including script of radio broadcast by Gen Sir John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, 14 May 1936; text of address by Gen [Sir George de Symons] Barrow to Desert Mounted Corps, 22 Jun 1936; typescript article by Maj Gen Archibald Percival Wavell, [published in Army Quarterly, 1936]; typescript note by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, [published in book of portraits by William Rothenstein, 1936]; extracts from speeches by Alfred Duff Cooper, Secretary of State for War, and by Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Bt, given at the inauguration of the Allenby Memorial Fund, 1936; promotional leaflets for the Allenby Memorial Fund and the Allenby (Services) Club, 1936. 1 file