Charles Walter Allfrey

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Sir Charles Walter Allfrey , KBE , CB , DSO , MC , DL (born October 24, 1895 in Southam , Warwickshire , † November 2, 1964 in Bristol ) was a British Lieutenant General in the British Army who, among other things, was in command of the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division , commanding general of the V Corps from 1942 to 1944 and commander of the British forces in Egypt between 1944 and 1946 .

Life

World War I and time up to World War II

Allfrey graduated after school first military training at the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) in Dartmouth , however, came after the start of World War I in August 1914 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) his military service in the Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery on. In 1917 he was promoted to captain and found numerous uses in the British Army. For his military merit he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on January 1, 1918, and a clasp (bar) for the Military Cross on September 13, 1918 because of his merit as chief of an artillery battery . After his promotion to the rank of major in 1931, he served in a unit in Eastern Anatolia in 1932 . For his services there he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on October 6, 1933 . He was also promoted to major in 1933.

On January 1, 1935 he was awarded the brevet rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) and was used from January 21, 1936 to January 20, 1939 as an instructor at Staff College Camberley . After his promotion to colonel on August 6, 1939, which was dated back to January 1, 1938, Allfrey was General Staff Officer 1 in the 2nd Infantry Division between August 6, 1939 and February 25, 1940. Subsequently, on February 27, 1940, he was given the provisional temporary rank of brigadier general (Acting Brigadier / Temporary Brigadier) and he was commander of the corps artillery troops of the II. During this time he took part in the Battle of Dunkirk from May to June 1940 .

Upon his return, he was initially between June 8 and July 18 1940 commander of the corps artillery troops of the IV. Corps and then took on July 18, 1940 until February 23, 1941 post as commander ( General Officer Commanding ) of Southwest military district belonging to the Home Forces . In this capacity he was awarded the rank of Acting Major-General on July 19, 1940 . On February 27, 1941 he temporarily took over the post as commander of the troops in the counties of Devon and Cornwall (Devon and Cornwall County Division) , but on the following February 28, 1941 he succeeded Major General Robert Pollok as commander of the 43rd (Wessex ) Infantry Division . He remained in this post until his replacement by Major General Gwilym Ivor Thomas on March 9, 1942. The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division belonged to the XII, together with the 46th Infantry Division and the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division. Corps, of which the commanding general was Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery .

Tunisia and Italy campaign as well as post-war period

Lieutenant General Charles Walter Allfrey (2nd from right) with (from left to right) Major General Freddie de Guingand , Air Vice-Marshal Harry Broadhurst , General Bernard Montgomery , Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg and Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey at a meeting during the Italian campaign (September 1943)

Thereupon Allfrey was on March 9, 1942 the rank of acting lieutenant general (Acting Lieutenant-General) and he took over from Lieutenant General Edmond Schreiber the position as commanding general of the V Corps. He exercised this until his replacement by Lieutenant General Charles Keightley on August 8, 1944 and received during this time on March 9, 1943 the rank of Major General in the Army and Lieutenant General (War Substantive Major-General / Temporary Lieutenant-General) as well on November 6, 1943, the promotion to major general (Major-General) , which was dated back to June 7, 1943.

On November 8, 1942, he commanded the V Corps during Operation Torch , the British-American invasion of French North Africa , and then from November 1942 to May 1943 in the Tunisian campaign . This campaign ended on May 13, 1943 with the surrender of the more than 200,000 soldiers in the Axis Powers in North Africa . He then commanded the operations of the V Corps in the Italian campaign , which included the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943, the Battle of Monte Cassino from January 17 to May 18, 1944, and Operation Olive against the Goths in August 1944.

On November 16, 1944, Allfrey was appointed Lieutenant General Temporary Commander of the British Armed Forces in Egypt (Egypt Command) , replacing Lieutenant General Robert Stone . As such, he was on 23 November 1946 Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) promoted, this promotion was backdated to 14 December 1944th On June 17, 1948, he retired from active military service.

However, he held between 1948 and his replacement by General Robert Mansergh in January 1957, the capacity as Honorary Colonel (Colonel commandant) of the Royal Horse Artillery , and at the same time as the successor to Brigadier General Edward Harding-Newman from August 1949 until its replacement by Major General John Mather Kirkman in January 1957 as Colonel of Honor of the Royal Artillery . In addition, he was on February 26, 1953 Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Gloucestershire .

Allfrey was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), so that he had the addition of "Sir" to his name. He was also Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28867, HMSO, London, August 11, 1914, p. 6304 ( PDF , accessed October 3, 2016, English).
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 30450, HMSO, London, December 28, 1917, p. 30 ( PDF , accessed October 3, 2016, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 30901, HMSO, London, September 13, 1918, p. 10880 ( PDF , accessed October 3, 2016, English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33984, HMSO, London, October 6, 1933, p. 6426 ( PDF , accessed October 3, 2016, English).
  5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 40965, HMSO, London, January 1, 1957, p. 79 ( PDF , accessed October 3, 2016, English).
  6. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 38762, HMSO, London, November 18, 1949, p. 5465 ( PDF , accessed October 3, 2016, English).
  7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 40975, HMSO, London, January 15, 1957, p. 350 ( PDF , accessed October 3, 2016, English).
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 39793, HMSO, London, March 6, 1953, p. 1301 ( PDF , accessed October 3, 2016, English).
personal data
SURNAME Allfrey, Charles Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Southam , Warwickshire
DATE OF DEATH November 2nd, 1964
Place of death Bristol