About Edwin Johnson
Lived 1825 – 1893 (aged 68). Edwin Johnson was a military leader.
General Sir Edwin Beaumont Johnson (4 July 1825 – 18 June 1893) was a British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General in India.
Military career Educated at Addiscombe Military Seminary, Johnson was commissioned into the Bengal artillery on 10 June 1842. He fought at the Battle of Ferozeshah in December 1845 and the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War as well as the Battle of Chillianwala in January 1849 and the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. and Director-General of Military Education at the War Office in December 1884 before retiring in January 1891.
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Who was Edwin Johnson?
Johnson, Sir Edwin Beaumont (1825–1893), army officer
When was Edwin Johnson born?
Edwin Johnson was born on 17 January 1825 in Bath.
When did Edwin Johnson die?
Edwin Johnson died on 17 January 1893 in Kensington.
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Edwin Johnson was a military leader.
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