George Woronzow Allen: Difference between revisions
From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(add RN/RNR/RNVR categories) |
(→Later Years and Death: Add details and reference) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{CaptRN}} | {{CaptRN}} '''George Woronzow Allen''', R.N. (Retired) (5 May, 1842 – 5 January, 1915) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Allen was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 8 April, 1863. | Allen was the son of the Rev. J.C. Allen, a Vicar of Hawkley in Hampshire. | ||
He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 8 April, 1863. | |||
<!-- | <!-- | ||
Allen was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on --> | Allen was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on --> | ||
He was placed on the Retired List as unfit with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 15 November, 1883. | |||
==Later Years and Death== | |||
Allen retired to live at ''Woodside,'' Purbrook in Hampshire. He died in London on 5 January, 1915.<ref>''Reading Mercury'' (Saturday, 16 January 1915), p. 5.</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| Line 31: | Line 36: | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, George Woronzow}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, George Woronzow}} | ||
{{CatPerson|UK|1842|}} | {{CatPerson|UK|1842|1915}} | ||
{{CatCapt|UK}} | {{CatCapt|UK}} | ||
{{CatBritannia|Pre}} | {{CatBritannia|Pre}} | ||
{{CatRN}} | {{CatRN}} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:07, 24 November 2024
Captain George Woronzow Allen, R.N. (Retired) (5 May, 1842 – 5 January, 1915) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Allen was the son of the Rev. J.C. Allen, a Vicar of Hawkley in Hampshire.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 8 April, 1863.
He was placed on the Retired List as unfit with the rank of Captain on 15 November, 1883.
Later Years and Death
Allen retired to live at Woodside, Purbrook in Hampshire. He died in London on 5 January, 1915.[1]
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Contest 22 Apr, 1875[2] |
Succeeded by William F. Snowden |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Algerine 3 Nov, 1881[3] – 12 Mar, 1883 |
Succeeded by Arthur G. Fullerton |
Footnotes
