Charles Walter Allfrey

Charles Allfrey
From left to right: Major General de Guingand, Air Vice-Marshal Broadhurst, General Montgomery, Lieutenant General Freyberg, Lieutenant General Allfrey and Lieutenant General Dempsey.
Born	24 October 1895 Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Died	2 November 1964 (aged 69) Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1914–1948
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Royal Artillery
Commands held	43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division V Corps British Troops in Egypt
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross

Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Walter Allfrey KBE CB DSO MC (24 October 1895 – 2 November 1964) was a senior British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World War, where he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) V Corps during the Italian Campaign.

Allfrey was born on 24 October 1895 in Southam, Northamptonshire, the son of Captain Henry Allfrey of the 60th Rifles and Kathleen Hankey. He joined the British Army in August 1914 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in October 1914. Promoted to lieutenant on 9 June 1915, during the First World War he was wounded twice. He was promoted to the acting rank of captain on 5 January 1917, and was promoted to the substantive rank on 3 November 1917. Allfrey was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in 1918 for keeping his battery in action for an extended period of time even though it was under direct machine-gun and artillery fire from the enemy. He was promoted to acting major on 17 December 1917 and reverted to his permanent rank of captain on 18 February 1919.