Sir Lee Stack, the British governor general…

March 1924 CE

Sir Lee Stack, the British governor general of Sudan and commander of the Egyptian army, is assassinated in Cairo on November 19, 1924.

The assassination is one of a series of killings of British officials that had begun in 1920.

High Commissioner Sir Edmind Allenby, who had considered Stack an old and trusted friend, is determined to avenge the crime and in the process humiliate the Wafd and destroy its credibility in Egypt.

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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Edmund Allenby View → King Fuad View → Saad Zaghloul View →

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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Egypt, Kingdom of (British Protectorate) View →

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Britons in Egypt, Assassination of View →

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Government View → Custom and Law View →

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