Jerusalem Gallery

Charge of the mounted brigade at El-Mughar, 1917

Charge of the mounted brigade at El-Mughar during the British advance on Jerusalem during World War One, part of the larger Battle of Junction Station which saw the British capture the railway junction that linked the Turkish Seventh Army around Jerusalem with the Eighth Army on the coast. Date: 13th November 1917

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The Last Crusade by Bernard Partridge in Punch WW1

The Last Crusade. Coeur-de-Lion (looking down on the Holy City). "My dream comes true." Drawn by Bernard Partridge and published in Punch in December 1917, the image is a comment on General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem in October that year, and was treated with suitable patriotism and historical reference by the British press. Date: 1917

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Countess of Cromer

Lady Cromer, formerly Lady Ruby Elliott, daughter of the fourth Earl of Minto. She married the Earl of Cromer (when he was Viscount Errington) in 1908 and had two daughters, Lady Rosemary and Lady Violet Baring. She was a Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. Date: 1918

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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