Bertram Allen (Royal Navy officer)

{{Short description|British Royal Navy officer (1875–1957)}}

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Sir Bertram Allen

| birth_name = Bertram Cowles Allen

| birth_date = 29 November 1875

| death_date = {{d-da|7 February 1957|29 November 1875}}

| birth_place = Hampton Wick, Surrey, England1891 England Census

| death_place = Seaford, Sussex, England

| image = Sir Bertram Cowles Allen.jpg

| caption = Allen in 1930

| nickname =

| allegiance = United Kingdom

| serviceyears = 1893–1929

| rank = Paymaster Rear-Admiral

| commands =

| branch = Royal Navy

| unit =

| battles = Second Boer War
First World War

| awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Royal Victorian Order

| laterwork =

}}

Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir Bertram Cowles Allen {{post-nominals|KCB|MVO}} (29 November 1875 – 7 February 1957) was a British Royal Navy officer.{{cite news |title= Obituary: Rear-Admiral Sir Bertram Allen |work=The Times |date=13 February 1957 |page=10 }}

Allen was the third son of Royal Navy officer George Henry Allen (13 December 1829 - 17 December 1877)Broad Arrow, 29 December 1877, p.26 and his wife, Fanny nee Braidwood. Fanny was the second daughter of James Braidwood (1800-1861), Superintendent of the London Fire Brigade.The Newcastle Journal, 15 October 1864, p.3 Bertram Cowles Allen was educated at Christ's Hospital and commissioned in the Royal Navy in 1893. He fought in the Naval Brigade during the Second Boer War, and was awarded clasps for Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein and Paardeburg. He was promoted to paymaster in 1900, and served as paymaster on RMS Medina during George V's voyage to the Delhi Durbar in 1911. He was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1912 in recognition of his services during the voyage.{{London Gazette|issue=28580|date=13 February 1912|page=1048}} He saw active service in the First World War and was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919.{{London Gazette|issue=31099|date=1 January 1919|page=106|supp=y}}

Allen was promoted to Paymaster Captain in 1921 and served as Secretary to the Fourth Sea Lord, before working as Paymaster Director-General between 1926 and his retirement in 1929. That year he was knighted in the 1929 Birthday Honours as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.{{London Gazette|issue=33501|date=3 June 1929|page=3667|supp=y}}

On 18 December 1908, he married Edith Mary Perks,The Daily Mirror, 19 December 1908, p.11 (includes photograph). the daughter of Sir Robert Perks, 1st Baronet. Together they had two daughters. He died at his home in Seaford, Sussex, on 7 February 1957.The Times, 13 February 1957, p.10, col.4. He was buried at Seaford parish church on 14 February 1957.The Times, 15 February 1957, p.10, col.3.