23 Apr 1861, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby born. Led Egyptian Expeditionary Force in #WW1 Sinai & Palestine Campaign against Turks. Having captured #Jerusalem in Dec 1917, entered city on foot. Reputedly said, “I won’t ride my horse into the city into which my Lord rode a donkey.”

Revd Nicholas Pye This day in WWI Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine Giles MacDonogh Pirate Irwin Mandeep Singh Bajwa Margaret #FBPE 🇪🇺 💙 The Skibbereen Eagle - Орел Скібберін Edward Henry KC Michael Keegan🇺🇦 Peter Doyle As well as Jesus Christ Allenby wanted to differentiate himself from Kaiser Wilhelm II who had entered Jerusalem on horseback 19 years before with the Ottoman authorities having demolished part of the historic city wall to accommodate him and his entourage.

@CllrFareham Arthur_S Revd Nicholas Pye This day in WWI Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine Pirate Irwin Mandeep Singh Bajwa Margaret #FBPE 🇪🇺 💙 The Skibbereen Eagle - Орел Скібберін Edward Henry KC Michael Keegan🇺🇦 Peter Doyle He shot pretty well, but horses frightened him. He had a poor balance in the saddle.

Giles MacDonogh @CllrFareham Revd Nicholas Pye This day in WWI Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine Pirate Irwin Mandeep Singh Bajwa Margaret #FBPE 🇪🇺 💙 The Skibbereen Eagle - Орел Скібберін Edward Henry KC Michael Keegan🇺🇦 Peter Doyle Partly because of the way he had been taught as a child when he was tied to the saddle.

Arthur_S @CllrFareham Revd Nicholas Pye This day in WWI Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine Pirate Irwin Mandeep Singh Bajwa Margaret #FBPE 🇪🇺 💙 The Skibbereen Eagle - Орел Скібберін Edward Henry KC Michael Keegan🇺🇦 Peter Doyle Chiefly balance, the natural result of his withered arm.