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Sir Allen Bayard Johnson (2 May 1829 – 7 February 1907) was a senior

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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. He served in the

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in 1853 and took part in the fighting at Donabew and the capture of

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and went on to serve with the Jaunpur Field Force during the repression of the

Indian Mutiny The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form ...

being present at the

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in 1857. He was appointed Military Secretary to the India Office in 1877. He was appointed KCB in 1889 and promoted to

in 1892.

References

1829 births 1907 deaths British Indian Army generals Bengal Staff Corps officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Burmese War {{British-Empire-stub