General John Augustus Fuller,
CIE (18 July 1828 – 6 October 1902) was a
British Army
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officer.
Career
Fuller was the eldest son of Rev. Robert Fitzherbert Fuller, rector of
Chalvington,
Sussex
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. He joined the
Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...
in 1846 and served in the
Second Anglo-Sikh War
The Second Anglo-Sikh War was a military conflict between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company, British East India Company that took place in 1848 and 1849. It resulted in the fall of the Sikh Empire, and the annexation of the Punjab r ...
(1848–1849), including at the
siege and surrender of Multan, during which he was severely wounded by an explosion in the town.
He served as political agent in
Kolhapur State for some time, and was then attached to the Public Works Department in
Bombay Presidency
The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl ...
from 1850 to 1882. He was promoted to
general
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
on 1 June 1883, and retired on a pension later that year.
He died at his residence in London on 6 October 1902
and was buried in
Brookwood Cemetery
Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe. The cemetery is listed a Grade I site in the Regist ...
.
References
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1828 births
1902 deaths
Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
British Army generals
Burials at Brookwood Cemetery
People from Chalvington with Ripe