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| name = Robert Allen
| image =
| fullname = Robert Hall Allen
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1886|6|11}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|9|20|1886|6|11|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chippenham]], England
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
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| clubs1 = [[Old Carthusians F.C.|Old Carthusians]]
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| clubs2 = [[Corinthian F.C.|Corinthian]]
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| years3 = 1914–1919
| clubs3 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
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'''Robert Hall Allen''' (11 June 1886 – 20 September 1981) was a [[British Army]] officer and an English [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Playing career==
In 1914, Allen signed for [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] from amateur club [[Corinthian F.C.|Corinthian]], after impressing against West Ham at [[Boleyn Ground|Upton Park]] on 27 April 1914 in a charity match for [[Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End|West Ham Hospital]]. ''[[The Westminster Gazette]]'' described Allen's performance as "heavy and fast", exerting "wonderful control over the light, dry ball, dribbling in a style reminiscent of the old-time Corinthians" whilst "giving perfect passes". Despite being signed in time for the [[1914–15 in English football|1914–15 season]], Allen didn't play for the club due to his military commitments in [[World War I]].<ref name = "Fly">{{cite web|url=https://www.theyflysohigh.co.uk/football-war-hero/4594970522|title=Robert H. Allen West Ham's Forgotten War Hero ...|accessdate=5 April 2021|publisher=They Fly So High}}</ref>

Following the culmination of the war, Allen returned to West Ham. On 1 November 1919, Allen made his debut for the club in a 2–1 home loss against [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham]]. Despite scoring West Ham's only goal after six minutes, Allen would not play for the club again, returning to play for [[Old Carthusians F.C.|Old Carthusians]], with whom he began his career with.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.enfa.co.uk/index.php?PayerID=GHBWG4EPQMXQ6 |title=Player Details: Robert Allen |website=English National Player Archive |accessdate=21 August 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Military career==
During [[World War I]], and after being educated at [[Charterhouse School]] followed by receiving a commission as an officer in the [[Royal Artillery]] after graduating from the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]] in 1905, he served with the Royal Artillery in [[Gallipoli]], where he was twice [[mentioned in dispatches]] and awarded the [[Military Cross]] (MC), and later in [[Egypt]]. In 1916 he married the daughter of a general.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=8}}

He then attended the [[Staff College, Camberley]] in 1920 and was made Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General at [[Aldershot Command]] from 1937≈1938 and then specialised in anti-aircraft defence. After being promoted to [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]] in 1939, the year [[World War II]] began, he took command of the [[5th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)|5th Anti-Aircraft Division]] which he led until 1941 when he took command of the [[8th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)]]. He was made a [[Order of the Bath|CB]] in 1942, the same he retired from the army.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=8}}

He spent his final years in [[Wiltshire]], and listed his recreation as solving simple chess problems.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=8}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}

==External links==
*[https://generals.dk/general/Allen/Robert_Hall/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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