| 词条 | Robert Scallon |
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| name = Sir Robert Scallon | image = | caption = | birth_date =1857 | death_date =1939 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch =Indian Army | serviceyears = | rank =Lieutenant General | unit = | commands =23rd Bombay Rifles 3rd Indian Brigade British troops in Aden Bangalore Brigade Burma Division 8th (Lucknow) Division Northern Army, India Southern Army, India | battles =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 | relations = | laterwork = }} Lieutenant General Sir Robert Irvin Scallon {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB|KCIE|DSO}} (1857-1939) was a British officer in the Indian Army. Military careerScallon was commissioned into the British Army in 1876 and joined the 72nd Highlanders in 1877.[1] 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.[1] He became adjutant of the 23rd Bombay Light Infantry in 1881 and took part in the Burma Campaign in 1886.[1] 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.[1] Scallon took part in the Tirah Campaign in 1897 and became Commanding Officer of the 23rd Bombay Rifles in 1898.[1] He commanded the Zhob Section of Blockading Force for the Mahsud Waziri expedition in 1900.[1] He was promoted to Lieutenant-colonel on 12 February 1902,[2] 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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] In retirement Scallon worked in high positions in the Boy Scouts and the Red Cross.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Alfred Martin}}{{s-ttl|title=Adjutant-General, India|years=1908–1909}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Arthur Barrett}}2. ^{{London Gazette| issue=27428 |page=2794 |date=25 April 1902}} 3. ^Medal Circular, December 2000, London |-{{s-bef|before=Sir James Willcocks}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC-in-C, Northern Army, India|years=1914 – 1915}}{{s-aft|after=Sir John Nixon}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir John Nixon}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC-in-C, Southern Army, India|years=1915 – 1916}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Charles Anderson}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Scallon, Robert}} 6 : 1857 births|1939 deaths|British Army generals of World War I|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order |
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