Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard NPG x1143

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Christina Broom

Born in Nottinghamshire and grew up in Suffolk Allenby failed Indian Civil Service entrance exams then chose an army career, joining a cavalry regiment in 1882 in South Africa. Between 1888 and 1890 in the role of captain he earned himself the nickname 'the Bull' for his temper, imposing presence and obsession with discipline and orders. In 1897 Allenby was promoted major and saw his first action whilst serving in the South African War (1899-1902). At the outbreak of the First World War he assumed... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.