Rail Head at Atbara, Sudan - Lord Edmund Allenby & George Ronald Storrer

George Ronald Storrar

 

(1877-1959)

 

1905-1916 District Engineer, Railways, including at Gebeit

1916-1919 Divisional Engineer, Railways and Steamers, Atbara

1917-1918 Assistant to Acting Chief Engineer, Railways and Steamers, Engineering Department, Atbara

1918-1919 Acting Chief Engineer, Railways and Steamers, Engineering Department, Atbara

1919-1921 'Assistant Engineer', Railways and Steamers, Engineering Department, Atbara

1921-1926 Assistant Chief Engineer, Railways and Steamers, Engineering Department, Atbara

1924 Assistant Chief Engineer, Railways and Steamers, Engineering Department, Kassala Railhead

1926-1927 Chief Engineer, Railways and Steamers, Engineering Department, Atbara

1927 Retired

 

Edmund Allenby

 

Full title: Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

 

Dates: 1861-1936

 

Claim to fame: Led the Egyptian Expeditionary Force to victory in Palestine and Syria in 1917 and 1918. He successfully pioneered the combined use of infantry, cavalry and aeroplanes at the Battle of Megiddo.

 

Nickname: "The Bull"

 

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