Reginald Arthur Allenby
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Admiral Reginald Arthur Allenby, M.V.O., D.S.O., Royal Navy, Retired (4 September, 1861 – 18 March, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy in the period up to and during the First World War.
Life & Career
On 31 December, 1902 he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 20 March, 1913, vice Pelham.[2]
Great War
Allenby was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 18 February, 1915.[3] On 11 April he was appointed temporary Lieutenant-Colonel as an Assistant Embarkation Staff Officer.[4]
On 1 January, 1918, he was appointed a companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[5] He was advanced to Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 20 January, 1918.[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 3. 2 January, 1903.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28703. p. 2160. 21 March, 1913.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 29084. p. 1978. 26 February, 1915.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29124. p. 3554. 10 April, 1915.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 86. 1 January, 1918.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30522. p. 1946. 12 February, 1918.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Allenby" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 20 March, 1936. Issue 47328, col B, pg. 16.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
Categories:
- 1861 births
- 1936 deaths
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- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1875
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- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Argyll (1904)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Formidable (1898)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Temeraire (1907)
- Royal Navy Admirals
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