Irwing Stening Allfrey

Subject: Irwing Stening Allfrey Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:27 pm

Served with 6th in Mutiny and with 13th in Zulu War. 2nd Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st Battalion, May, 1883, and commanded battalion, May, 1887 to 1889. Retired pay in 1900.

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Date of Birth:- 5th April 1837
First Appointment:- Ensign 6th Foot 29th July 1856
Lieutenant 6th Foot 16th April 1858
Lieutenant 75th Foot 6th October 1859
Captain 75th Foot 21st August 1866
Captain 13th Foot 4th December 1866
Brevet Major 18th September 1879
Major Somerset Light Infantry 8th May 1880
Lieutenant Colonel (1st Battalion) Somerset Light Infantry 1st May 1883
Indian Mutiny:- 1858 - Operations in the Jugdespore Jungle. Medal
South African War:- 1879 - Zulu Campaign. Employed in Natal. Medal
Source '1884 Army List' (p 218, 809 & 1207)

He commanded the Battalion from May 1887 to 1889. Retired with pay in 1900.

He was born in Basistead, Surrey and in 1901 he was living in Bath, Somersetshire. His occupation is stated as ‘Colonel, Infantry, Retired. Aged 63.

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Sidcup and Chislehurst Cemetery, Kent, England.

» Lieutenant Henry Allfrey, 3rd 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment.