Collection: An Officer At Large (Part 1): Allenby, E allenby-5-3-00032-48854
Description
Allenby in civilian clothing and straw boater captioned "E.H.H.A." at "Simla" in Kildare, Ireland where Allenby was living with his family in 1899. The face of another man standing behind Allenby is partially visible. From a photograph album compiled by Edmund Allenby. (Allenby 5/3)
Collection
An Officer At Large (Part 1): Allenby, E
Description
This first part of the photograph album Allenby 5/3 illustrates the travels of a young officer, Edmund Allenby, with revealing insights into his family life, military postings and manoeuvres in the late 1890s and 1900s. Allenby famously commanded the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine and Egypt,…
Collection Terms & Categories
- War/Campaign/Operation: Peacetime
- Region: Africa
- Region: Europe
- Theme (Main): Cultures & Customs
- Theme (Main): Daily Life
- Theme (Main): Empire & Commonwealth
- Theme (Main): Ethics, Religion & Morality
- Theme (Main): History of Photography
- Theme (Main): Natural World
- Theme (Main): Training & Education
- Theme (Main): Travel & Exploration
- Subject: Animals & The Natural World
- Subject: Boundaries & Borders
- Subject: Civilians & Civ-Mil Relations
- Subject: Family & Home
- Subject: Naval, Sea & Ships
- Subject: Parades, Drills & Manoeuvres
- Subject: Sport & Recreation
- Subject: Transport
- Subject: Weapons
- Subject: Women & Society
- Item: Photographic (album)
- Information: Visual
