Allen | Ralph Edward | | Major General | AAG South African Field Force. Entered 1865; Colonel, 1896. Staff service: Brigade Major, Belfast, 1884; DAA and QMG, South Africa, 1884-85; Brigade Major, Eastern District, 1886-87; DAAG, Chatham, 1887; AAG, Curragh, 1896-97; AAG, South Africa, 1899-1900. War Service: Bechuanaland Expedition, 1884-85 (honourably mentioned; Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel); South African War, 1899-1900; on Staff. Major General Alien, born in 1846, was the son of Major R Shuttle worth Alien, JP, DL, and the daughter of Sir Samuel Cunard, Baronet. | Staff |