The Ottoman retreat from the city on 9 November 1917 meant that General Allenby was able to enter Jerusalem on 11 December 1917. As a sign of respect, he dismounted and then proceeded on foot into the ancient and holy city.
(Image © IWM (Q 12616))
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'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. He was facing the right way, the last round of a clip in the breech and three dead Germans in front of him. His name was Duff. After all is over - and the remainder of the Empire is understandably irritated with Ireland - I hope these countless Duffs, from both the North and the South, and in all three services, will be remembered.
(Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44)
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