Walter Lingen Allen

Captain (retired) Walter Lingen Allen (14 October, 1876 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Allen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1898. Allen was appointed as Lieutenant & Commander of the destroyer Leopard on 2 October, 1905.

Allen was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1910.

Allen was appointed in command of the destroyer Rother on 22 February, 1913.

On 6 April, 1914, Allen was appointed in command of the destroyer Achates.

Allen commanded the flotilla leader Broke, working with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.

Allen was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1916.

After a final seagoing command in Ithuriel as Captain (D) of the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla ended in March, 1917, Allen was appointed to Ceto additional as Senior Naval Officer, Ramsgate in late May, 1917, remaining there until being superseded on 21 March, 1919.

Allen was diagnosed with varicose veins at Haslar Hospital on 21 September, 1920 and placed on the Retired List on 12 January, 1921.

See Also

• Fourth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
• Wikipedia

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/141.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/125.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/44.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/90.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Kale 15 Jul, 1905 – 2 Oct, 1905	Succeeded by Alan C. Bruce
Preceded by Alan E. Hudson	Captain of H.M.S. Leopard 2 Oct, 1905 – 28 May, 1906	Succeeded by Robert J. Buchanan
Preceded by Colin K. MacLean	Captain of H.M.S. Roebuck 28 May, 1906 – 29 Sep, 1908	Succeeded by Edmond J. G. Mackinnon
Preceded by George H. Brown	Captain of H.M.S. Desperate 28 Sep, 1908 – 23 Aug, 1910	Succeeded by Edmond A. B. Stanley
Preceded by Robert A. Hornell	Captain of H.M.S. Rother 22 Feb, 1913 – 6 Apr, 1914	Succeeded by Quentin C. A. Craufurd
Preceded by Reginald V. Holt	Captain of H.M.S. Doon 15 Jul, 1913	Succeeded by Harry MacL. Fraser
Preceded by Frederick P. Loder-Symonds	Captain of H.M.S. Achates 6 Apr, 1914 – 7 Aug, 1915	Succeeded by Reginald B. C. Hutchinson
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Kempenfelt 7 Aug, 1915 – 21 Aug, 1915	Succeeded by Harold E. Sulivan
Preceded by Charles D. Roper	Captain of H.M.S. Broke 21 Aug, 1915 – 10 Jun, 1916	Succeeded by Edward O. Gladstone
Preceded by Arthur B. S. Dutton	Captain of H.M.S. Botha 30 Jul, 1916 – 5 Aug, 1916	Succeeded by Brien M. Money
Preceded by Charles D. Roper	Captain (D), Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla 30 Jul, 1916 – 5 Aug, 1916	Succeeded by Harry R. Godfrey
Preceded by Brien M. Money	Captain of H.M.S. Ithuriel 5 Aug, 1916 – Mar, 1917	Succeeded by Ernest W. Leir

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