London, May 14.
The death occurred here to-day of \Pield-Marshal Allenby at the age of Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby Com, COME, CVO, was a smart, and thrusting cavalry leader to whom the Great War was a stirrup to the highest military rank, the Peerage, and a great career as\ a Pro-Consul of the Empire. Born in April, 161, hho was educated at Halleybury_ and the Royal Military College, " Sand-Iurst, entering the Taniskilling Dragoons as a subaltern.
After serving in South Africa, he rose from command of the Sth Royal Trish Lancers to that of the Cavalry "Brigade, and, just before the European War broke out he held the post of Inspector of Cavalry.
After commanding the Fifth Army the Egyptinn Expeditionary Force in 1917, and proceeded to win swift and brilliant renown against the Turk in Palestine and Syr 'There is no question about the energy of the skill with which Al-Tenby swept the enemy aside, and Jed his gallant pennants into' such historic cities of old as Jericho and Jerusalem.
Having conquered the Turk at last, and thereby greatly speeded up the ultimate victory of the Allies in the main theatre of War, and won more medals and decorations and. orders than even his stalwart chest could adequately display simultaneously, the old Haileybury boy found himself very shortly a Field Marshal fanaa Viscount, He was chosen in 19 as the idea! man for the Egyptian High Commissionership, anc when the troubled politics of that romantic Kingdom culminated in the murder of the Sirdar, Lord Allenby showed once more the best qualities of the born cavalryman. He drove to the headquarters of the Egyptian Government with an escort of Lancers, and presented the British Government's ultimatum demanding prompt redress in a dramatic manner that fully achieved its purpose.
He married in 1896 a lady who is the daughter of a Salisbury worthy, but he Fad no children, and his heir, in special remainder, is It. Jeffrey J St, Allenby of the iith Hussars, his nephew.
Lord Allenby was quite a popular personality, despite his masterful manners, and was greatly trusted by his warriors of the rank and fle,
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