Robert Scallon transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps in 1877 and took part in the Battle of Kandahar in 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
11 Facts About Robert Scallon
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Robert Scallon became adjutant of the 23rd Bombay Light Infantry in 1881 and took part in the Burma Campaign in 1886.
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Robert Scallon 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.
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Robert Scallon took part in the Tirah Campaign in 1897 and became Commanding Officer of the 23rd Bombay Rifles in 1898.
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Robert Scallon commanded the Zhob Section of Blockading Force for the Mahsud Waziri expedition in 1900.
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Robert Scallon was promoted to Lieutenant-colonel on 12 February 1902, 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.
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Robert Scallon 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.
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Robert Scallon was promoted to major general in December 1906.
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Robert Scallon became Adjutant-General, India in 1908, Secretary to Government of India, Army Department in 1909 and General Officer Commanding Burma Division in 1911, the same year he was promoted to lieutenant general, before becoming General Officer Commanding 8th Division in 1913.
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Robert Scallon 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.
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In retirement Robert Scallon worked in high positions in the Boy Scouts and the Red Cross.