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General Sir Edmund Allenby entering Jerusalem, 11 December 1917

Lantern slide, World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918), 1917.

Allenby, the commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, chose to make his entrance into the holy city on foot so as not to appear as a conqueror. He is pictured here entering via the Jaffa gate.

From a box of 65 lantern slides.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1978-11-157-20-30

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-20-30

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