Allen Johnson (Indian Army officer)

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

Sir Allen Johnson
Born	2 May 1829
Died	7 February 1907(1907-02-07) (aged 77)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Indian Army
Rank	General
Battles / wars	Second Anglo-Burmese War Indian Mutiny
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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^[3] and promoted to General in 1892.^[4]

References

1. "India during the Raj". Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
2. The military in British India: the development of British Land Forces in South Asia, 1600-1947 By T. A. Heathcote, Page265 Manchester University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-7190-3570-8
3. "No. 25939". The London Gazette. 25 May 1889. p. 2873.
4. "No. 26281". The London Gazette. 22 April 1892. p. 2362.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Thomas Pears	Military Secretary to the India Office 1877–1889	Succeeded by Sir Oliver Newmarch