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He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] in 1918 and [[mentioned in despatches]] 4 times. He was also appointed chevalier of the [[Legion of Honour|French Légion d'honneur]].
He was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] at a [[by-election]] in 1917, as an [[Irish Unionist Party]] [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[North Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)|North Armagh]], and retained his seat at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918 general election]]. The constituency was abolished for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922 general election]], when he was re-elected as a member of the new [[Ulster Unionist Party]] for the new [[Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)|Armagh constituency]]. On the 22nd of June 1921, he was one of several officers specially invested with the honour of Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE)<ref>http://barneshistorian.com/vm-allen.php</ref> to mark the visit of [[King George V]] and Queen [[Mary of Teck]] to open the new [[Parliament of Northern Ireland]]
He was twice married first in 1892 to Maria eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ross. They had a son and daughter. Maria died in 1937 and in 1938 he was re married to Lillah Irene daughter of the late Mr R.H. Forsythe. He (Lt. Col Allen) died in 1947 two weeks after being knocked down by a motor van while alighting from a [[tram]] on the [[Lisburn Road]], Belfast on 5 December. He was 81 and the second oldest MP in the House of Commons. Sir William was buried in [[Lurgan]]. He was survived by his second wife Lillah Irene, Lady Allen.
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