Cecil Charles Acland Allen
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Lieutenant
Joined Hood: 16th February 1920 (Lieutenant)
Left Hood: 6th December 1921 (Lieutenant)
Biographical Information: Cecil was born on 15 December 1894. He is known to have joined the Navy as a Midshipman in 1914. He is believed to have first served at H.M.S. Indomitable.
He was promoted to Lieutenant on 16 February 1920 and was assigned to Hood around that same time. His Navy List entries for his time in Hood can be seen here.
Cecil is known to have risen to the rank of Captain.
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Memorials
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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
Service Certificate, Hornby Cup trophy from 1920/21, courtesy of Leonie Tromans
Service Record ADM196/117 and ADM 196/128