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| | Lieutenant Henry Allfrey, 3rd 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment. | |
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1879graves

Posts : 3326 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
 | Subject: Lieutenant Henry Allfrey, 3rd 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment. Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:12 pm | |
| Date of Birth:- 6th September 1850 First Appointment:- Ensign 60th Foot 29th May 1869 Lieutenant 60th Foot 28th October 1871 Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps (1st Battalion) 29th September 1880 Source '1884 Army List' (p 368 & 851) Captain Henry Allfrey of Warwickshire, was born on 9th September, 1850 ; he was educated at Cheltenham and entered the army in 1868, being gazetted Ensign on 19th May to the 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles. Promoted Lieutenant on 28th October 1871 and Captain on 29th September 1880. Captain Allfrey was the father of Lieutenant General Sir Charles Walter Allfrey, Commanding Officer of V Corps in North Africa and Italy 1942-44. The then Lieutenant Allfrey saw service with the 3rd Battalion during the Zulu War, and when part of the 2nd Brigade with the Eshowe Relief Column, was present at the Battle of Gingindlovu on 1st April 1879, where his commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Northey, was killed in action. Allfrey’s Army List entry: ‘Captain Henry Allfrey served with the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles in the Zulu war of 1879, and was present at the action of Gingindhlovu and relief of Ekowe (Medal with Clasp).’ (jagermedals.com) [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]1911Census [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser 21 May 1938 [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Coventry Evening Telegraph 06 September 1938 [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.](jagermedals.com) |
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Posts : 10734 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
 | Subject: Lt Henry Allfrey 3 / 60th ( The King's Own RRC ) Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:56 am | |
| As an aside from Mac & Shad , Lt Allfrey 3 / 60th RRC was invalided home from Ft Chelmsford along with Lt's Astell , Wilkinson and Baker. Astell's Grandson was in the Dam Busters Raid of I think 1944 ( ? ) , Lt E.O.H. Wilkinson was accidently drowned in the Ingogo River on the morning of 9/ 2/ 81 on his return from the Battlefield after having renedered aid to the wounded . 90th |
|  | | John Young

Posts : 2927 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 67 Location : Слава Україні! Героям слава!
 | Subject: Re: Lieutenant Henry Allfrey, 3rd 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment. Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:38 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Lt. Allfrey, 60th Rifles, School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent John Young Collection.JY |
|  | | 1879graves

Posts : 3326 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
 | Subject: Re: Lieutenant Henry Allfrey, 3rd 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment. Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:30 pm | |
| Hi John Now that is intriguing, who else is in that group photo, I wonder |
|  | | John Young

Posts : 2927 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 67 Location : Слава Україні! Героям слава!
 | Subject: Re: Lieutenant Henry Allfrey, 3rd 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment. Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:40 pm | |
| Andy,
His ‘wing’ of the Musketry Course, but there’s no-one else from our field of interest in it that I can discern. Whoever it owned originally penned numbers on to some of the group and then added a key. So Allfrey is number ‘8’ in the group.
JY |
|  | | 1879graves

Posts : 3326 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
 | Subject: Re: Lieutenant Henry Allfrey, 3rd 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment. Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:44 pm | |
| Hi John Many thanks for the update, I was hoping it was a 60th group photo, never mind Andy |
|  | | John Young

Posts : 2927 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 67 Location : Слава Україні! Героям слава!
 | Subject: Re: Lieutenant Henry Allfrey, 3rd 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment. Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:53 pm | |
| Andy,
I’ll drop you a line.
JY |
|  | | John Young

Posts : 2927 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 67 Location : Слава Україні! Героям слава!
 | Subject: Re: Lieutenant Henry Allfrey, 3rd 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment. Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:37 pm | |
| Taken from Baily’s Magazine December, 1901. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Captain Henry Allfrey. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Baily’s Magazine was a sporting periodical, and the reference relates to Masters of Hunt. JY |
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