Reginald Arthur Allenby

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.

Allenby was advanced to Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 20 January, 1918.

Who was Who

ALLENBY, Admiral Reginald Arthur RN; DSO 1918; MVO 1904

Born 4 Sept. 1861; e s of late Major R. Allenby, JP, York; m 1896, Nina J., e d of late Maj.-Gen. Hugh Shaw, VC, CB; one s one d ; died 18 March 1936

CAREER Entered HMS Britannia, 1875; Commander, 1897; Captain, 1902; Rear-Admiral, 1913; Naval Attaché to the Courts of Denmark, Germany, and Holland, at Berlin, 1903–06; retired, 1915; served European War as Lt-Col on Embarkation Staff, Principal Naval Transport Officer in Egypt, and latterly in convoy duties afloat; Vice-Adm. retired, 1918; Adm. retired, 1921

ADDRESS The Beacon, Shanklin, Isle of Wight Shanklin 83

Bibliography

• "Admiral Allenby" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 20 March, 1936. Issue 47328, col B, pg. 16.

Service Record

• The National Archives. ADM 196/42.