Bertram Allen (Royal Navy officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bertram Allen (Royal Navy officer)

British Royal Navy officer

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1875

Place of Birth: Hampton Wick, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1957

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Bertram Allen (Royal Navy officer)

  • Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir Bertram Cowles Allen (29 November 1875 – 7 February 1957) was a British Royal Navy officer.Allen was the son of Royal Navy officer George Henry Allen and his wife, Fanny Allen.
  • He was educated at Christ's Hospital and commissioned in the Royal Navy in 1893.
  • He fought in the Naval Brigade during the Second Boer War, and was awarded clasps for Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein and Paardeburg.
  • He was promoted to paymaster in 1900, and served as paymaster on RMS Medina during George V's voyage to the Delhi Durbar in 1911.
  • He was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1912 in recognition of his services during the voyage.
  • He saw active service in the First World War and was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919.Allen was promoted to Paymaster Captain in 1921 and served as Secretary to the Fourth Sea Lord, before working as Paymaster Director-General between 1926 and his retirement in 1929.
  • That year he was knighted in the 1929 Birthday Honours as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.In 1908, he married Edith Mary Perks, the daughter of Sir Robert Perks, 1st Baronet.
  • Together they had two daughters.

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