[ALLENBY: 2 ] Papers relating to Palestine and Egypt, 1917-1925
[ALLENBY: 2/1/1-76] Congratulatory
letters, 1917-1919
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1917-1925
Congratulatory letters, poems of praise and other material received by Allenby and his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, principally comprising letters congratulating Allenby on his success in the Palestine campaign, 1917-18, including messages from King George V, French Gen Robert Nivelle, King Hussein of the Hedjaz (Hejaz), and various Jewish, Arabic and Armenian individuals and organisations. 1 file
[ALLENBY: 2/2 ] Telegrams of
congratulation, 1919
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1919 Aug
Telegrams congratulating Allenby
on his promotion to Field Marshal, Aug 1919. 1 file
[ALLENBY: 2/3 ] Telegrams between
Allenby and Austen
Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, 1924-1925
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1924 Nov 241925 May 16
Telegrams between Allenby and Rt Hon Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, concerning the appointment of Nevile Meyrick Henderson as Minister Plenipotentiary in Cairo, Allenby's objections to the appointment and his subsequent resignation as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan. 1 file
[ALLENBY: 2/4 ] Farewell
messages, 1925
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1925 May-1925 Jun
Farewell messages to Allenby following his resignation as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, notably from British organisations in Egypt. With photograph of SS NARKUNDA, the ship on which Allenby left Egypt, Jun 1925, and copy of cutting from The Times, 20 Jun 1925, reviewing Allenby's career as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1919-1925. 1 file
[ALLENBY: 2/5 ] Various official
correspondence, papers and
printed material, 1917-1934
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[1917]
Copy of letter to Allenby from Emir Feisal (later Feisal I, King of Iraq), commander of Arab forces in Palestine, expressing gratitude for Allenby's attempts to supply equipment to the Arab army. 1 letter
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[1917]
Signature of Emir Feisal (later Feisal I, King of Iraq), commander of Arab forces in Palestine, cut from a letter. 1 item
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1917 Dec 13
Reuter's telegram reporting Allenby's proclamation of martial law in Jerusalem following the entry of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force into the city, 13 Dec 1917. 1 item
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1917 Dec 21
Reuter's telegram reporting synagogue service in Athens at which Allenby was praised for his role in the capture of Jerusalem. 1 item
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1918 Sep 26
Printed message from Allenby to the troops of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force thanking them for their help in the defeat of the Turkish 7 and 8 Armies. 1 item
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1917 Dec 14
Copy telegram no 8715 from Allenby, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egypt, to FM Sir William (Robert) Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, suggesting that extensive operations in Palestine would be impossible during wet season, and that his immediate objectives should be to advance northwards from Jerusalem to the line of the Wadi Auja and the Nahr Auja, and then to concentrate on operations against the Hedjaz railway. 1 telegram
[ALLENBY: 2/5/7]
1918 Mar 7
Copy telegram no 9142 from FM Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff to Allenby, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt, notifiying him of resources allocated by the War Cabinet for the continuation of operations against the Turks in Palestine. 1 telegram
[ALLENBY: 2/5/8]
1918 Oct 11
Copy telegram no 1768 from Allenby, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt, to [War Cabinet], reporting on progress of advance from Homs to Tripoli and on his administration of Beirut. 1 telegram
[ALLENBY: 2/5/9]
1919 Mar 12
Typed extract of letter from [Allenby] to [Brig Gen Edward James Forrester] Vaughan summarising the extent of his current command in the Middle East and speculating on future administration of the area, and also expressing his regret at the decision to revise the Cavalry Training handbook. 1 letter
[ALLENBY: 2/5/10]
1919 Feb 21
Carbon copy of letter no 794 (17673/ME/44) from Foreign Office to Rt Hon Arthur James Balfour reporting on the discussion between Paul Cambon, French Ambassador, and Sir Ronald (William) Graham, Foreign Office, about the attitude of British Military Authorities in the Middle and Near East towards the French. 1 letter
[ALLENBY: 2/5/11]
1922 Feb 2
Carbon copy of despatch no 81 5512/53 from Allenby to George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, summarising his role in drafting British government policy on Egyptian independence, and refuting Foreign Office allegations that he had failed to support that policy. 1 letter
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[1924 Nov]
Unattributed typescript 'List of political outrages against Egyptians since 1915' with 'List of murderous attacks on British subjects since 12.11.1919'. 1 item
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[1924] May 6
Photocopy of letter from Allenby to Sir William Goodenough Hayter, describing his relationship with Saad Zaghlul, the new Prime Minister of Egypt. 1 letter [original held at Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford]
[ALLENBY: 2/5/14-15]
1925 Jun 14,1925 Jun 25
Correspondence between Nevile Meyrick [Henderson], Minister Plenipotentiary, Cairo, and Walford Harmood Montague Selby, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, concerning reactions in Britain and Egypt to Allenby's departure from Egypt. 2 letters
[ALLENBY: 2/5/16]
1929 Oct
Letter, 22 Oct 1922, from Lt Gen Sir Henry George Chauvel to Allenby, enclosing carbon copies of note, Oct 1929, on Thomas Edward Lawrence (also known as Thomas Edward Shaw) written by Chauvel for [Lt Gen Charles Alexander Campbell] Godwin, and letter, 8 Oct 1929, from Chauvel to Charles Edward Woodrow Bean, Australian Official Historian, commenting on proof copies of parts of The official history of Australia in the war of 1914-18 (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1921-1938). 1 item (see also 2/5/17)
[ALLENBY: 2/5/17]
1929 Oct 22
Typescript account by Lt Gen Sir Henry George Chauvel of the meeting between Allenby and Emir Feisal (later Feisal I, King of Iraq), leader of Arab troops in Palestine, Damascus, 3 Oct 1918 (see 2/5/16 for covering letter). 1 item
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1965 Sep29-1965 Oct 5
Correspondence between Elizabeth Neame, née Monroe, author of Britain's moment in the Middle East (Chatto and Windus, London, 1963), and [Dudley Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby], concerning importance of Lt Gen Sir Henry George Chauvel's account, 22 Oct 1929, of the meeting between Allenby and Emir Feisal (later Feisal I, King of Iraq), leader of Arab troops in Palestine, Damascus, 3 Oct 1918 (see 2/5/16-17). 2 letters (attached)
[ALLENBY: 2/5/20-21]
1934 May 13-1934 May 22
Correspondence between Sir Walford Harmood Montague Selby and Harold George Nicolson concerning inaccuracies in Nicolson's account of the Egyptian crisis of 1922 in Curzon: the last phase, 1919-1925 (Constable and Co, London, 1934). 2 letters
[ALLENBY: 2/5/22]
1910 May 30
Typed extract from speech on British rule in Egypt delivered at the Guildhall, London, by Col Theodore Roosevelt, 30 May 1910. 3 pp
[ALLENBY: 2/5/23-31]
1918-1930
Printed material relating to the Palestine campaign, notably 'The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War' part 187, vol 15, 19 Mar 1918, on the capture of Jerusalem; Palestine vol 3 no 25, 27 Jul 1918, including article on Allenby's relations with the Jewish community of Jerusalem; Palestine vol 4 no 22, 4 Jan 1919, including article on Allenby and the Palestine campaign, 1918; map of Palestine reproduced by the Survey of Egypt, 10 Mar 1917, and reprinted with corrections, 12 Jul 1917, scale 1: 500 000. 1 file