ABSTRACT
In November 1940 Field Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode, busy running the War Organisation of the British Red Cross, was replaced by another robust soldier, General Sir John Shea. Coincidentally, both officers had served under Allenby in Palestine, Shea receiving the surrender of Jerusalem in December 1917. Shea’s early military service had been in India, taking part in the relief of Chitral in 1895, and after the First World War he returned there. He was the ideal Chairman during the War; at the height of the London bombing he never missed a meeting. It was largely due to his example that the Society continued to function and produce its Journal in those difficult years.
