Sir Robert Scallon | |
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Born | 3 April 1857 Long Ditton, Surrey, England |
Died | 1 May 1939 Worcester, Worcestershire, England | (aged 82)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Indian Army |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held |
23rd Bombay Rifles 3rd Indian Brigade British troops in Aden Bangalore Brigade Burma Division 8th (Lucknow) Division Northern Army, India Southern Army, India |
Battles/wars |
Second Anglo-Afghan War Burma Campaign Tirah Campaign World War I |
Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Distinguished Service Order |
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Irvin Scallon GCB KCIE DSO (3 April 1857 – 1 May 1939) was a British officer in the Indian Army. [1]
Scallon was commissioned into the British Army in 1876 and joined the 72nd Highlanders in 1877. [2] He transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps in 1877 and took part in the Battle of Kandahar in 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. [2] He became adjutant of the 23rd Bombay Light Infantry in 1881 and took part in the Burma Campaign in 1886. [2] He became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Poona in 1891, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Bombay in 1895 and Inspector General of the Imperial Service Troops in 1897. [2]
Scallon took part in the Tirah Campaign in 1897 and became Commanding Officer of the 23rd Bombay Rifles in 1898. [2] He commanded the Zhob Section of Blockading Force for the Mahsud Waziri expedition in 1900. [2] He was promoted to Lieutenant-colonel on 12 February 1902, [3] and went on to command troops in the Zhob District during disturbances in 1902 and to command troops during operations in the Aden Hinterland in 1903. [2] He was appointed Commander of 3rd Indian Brigade in India in 1904, General Officer Commanding Aden in 1905 and Commander of the Bangalore Brigade in 1906. [2]
Scallon became Adjutant-General, India in 1908, Secretary to Government of India, Army Department in 1909 and General Officer Commanding Burma Division in 1911 before becoming General Officer Commanding 8th (Lucknow) Division in 1913. [2] He served in World War I as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Army in India in 1914 and then as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Army in 1915 before retiring in 1919. [2]
In retirement Scallon worked in high positions in the Boy Scouts and the Red Cross. [4]