Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (23 April 1861 – 14 May 1936) was an English soldier and British Imperial Governor. He fought in the
Second Boer War and also in
World War I, in which he led the
British Empire's
Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) during the
Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the conquest of
Palestine capturing
Beersheba,
Jaffa, and
Jerusalem from October to December 1917. His forces occupied the
Jordan Valley during the summer 1918, then went on to capture northern Palestine and defeat
Yildirim Army Group's
Eighth Army at the
Battle of Megiddo, forcing the
Fourth and
Seventh Army to retreat towards Damascus. Subsequently, the EEF Pursuit by
Desert Mounted Corps captured
Damascus and advanced into northern
Syria. During this pursuit, he commanded
T. E. Lawrence (
"Lawrence of Arabia"), whose campaign with
Faisal's Arab Sherifial Forces assisted the EEF's capture of
Ottoman Empire territory and fought the
Battle of Aleppo, five days before the
Armistice of Mudros ended the campaign on 30 October 1918. He continued to serve in the region as
High Commissioner for
Egypt and the
Sudan from 1919 until 1925.