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Lieutenant General Sir Robert Irvin Scallon GCB KCIE DSO (3 April 1857 – 1 May 1939) was a British officer in the Indian Army.[1]

Military career

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]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: General Sir Robert Scallon". The Times. 2 May 1939. p. 16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sir Robert Irvin Scallon Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^ "No. 27428". The London Gazette. 25 April 1902. p. 2794.
  4. ^ Medal Circular, December 2000, London
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Preceded by Adjutant-General, India
1908−1909 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC-in-C, Northern Army, India
1914−1915 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC-in-C, Southern Army, India
1915−1916 		Succeeded by
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