1st Viscount (1861–1936), British soldier; full name Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby. Commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force against the Turks, he captured Jerusalem in 1917 and defeated the Turkish forces at Megiddo in 1918.
Definition of Allenby, Edmund in US English:
Allenby, Edmund
proper nounˈalənbē
1st Viscount (1861–1936), British soldier; full name Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby. Commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force against the Turks, he captured Jerusalem in 1917 and defeated the Turkish forces at Megiddo in 1918.