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Press cuttings relating to Allenby from US newspapers, mainly relating to his visit to the USA to attend the Convention of the American Legion, 1928. 1 envelope

Cutting of Allenby's tribute to Thomas Edward Lawrence (Thomas Edward Shaw) from the Journal of the Central Asian Society. 1 item

Reuter's report giving text of tribute to Thomas Edward Lawrence (also known as Thomas Edward Shaw), delivered by Sir Ronald Storrs at a literary luncheon in London. 1 item

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

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

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

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

Typescript text of speech given by Allenby at the inauguration of new buildings of Jerusalem Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association. 1 item

Text of after-dinner speech given by Allenby to the Merchant Taylors' Company. 1 item

Text of speech given by Allenby to the [Horticultural Society], on gardening. 1 item

Manuscript text of speech given by Allenby to the British Legion, Portmadoc, on the need to educate young people about World War One. 1 item

World police for world peace', text of Allenby's rectorial address delivered at Edinburgh University, (New Commonweath pamphlet series B no 9, London, 1936). 1 item

Typescript text of speech given by Allenby [at the unveiling of a World War One memorial in Belfast]. 1 item

Signature of Emir Feisal (later Feisal I, King of Iraq), commander of Arab forces in Palestine, cut from a letter. 1 item

Scrapbook comprising press cuttings, photographs and other papers, mainly relating to Allenby's service in South Africa, 1901-1902, and Army maneouvres in Essex, 1904, and on Salisbury Plain, 1908. 1 vol

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

Reuter's telegram reporting synagogue service in Athens at which Allenby was praised for his role in the capture of Jerusalem. 1 item

Press cutting of appreciation of Thomas Edward Lawrence (also known as Thomas Edward Shaw) by Allenby. 1 item

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