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Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British First World War general, (1926). After a disagreement with Sir Douglas Haig over the tactics employed at the Battle of Arras, Allenby (1861-1936) was given command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in 1917. His conduct of the successful campaign against the Turks in the Middle East established his reputation.