Allen Johnson (Indian Army officer) explained

Sir Allen Johnson
Birth Date:2 May 1829
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:General
Battles:Second Anglo-Burmese War
Indian Mutiny
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Allen Bayard Johnson (2 May 1829 – 7 February 1907) was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.

Military career

Johnson was commissioned into the 5th Bengal Native Infantry in 1846.[1]

He served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1853 and took part in the fighting at Donabew and the capture of Pegu[1] and went on to serve with the Jaunpur Field Force during the repression of the Indian Mutiny being present at the Capture of Lucknow in 1857.[1]

He was appointed Military Secretary to the India Office in 1877.[2]

He was appointed KCB in 1889 and promoted to General in 1892.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: India during the Raj . 2010-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203152155/http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/india_during_the_raj_parts_1_and_2/Biographical-Notes-on-Diarists-Part-2.aspx . 2008-12-03 . dead .
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=YSK8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA265 The military in British India: the development of British Land Forces in South Asia, 1600-1947 By T. A. Heathcote, Page265