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Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts was a British field marshal, an outstanding combat leader in the Second Afghan War (1878–80) and the South African War (1899–1902), and the last commander in chief of the British Army (1901–04; office then abolished).
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Bt VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE KStJ PC (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was one of the most distinguished commanders of the British Empire.
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time.
Biography. British general and one of the most successful military commanders of his time. Frederick Sleigh Roberts war born in India where his military career started when he joined the East India Company Army. He served as an officer in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 during which he was awarded the Victorian Cross for gallantry.
Earl Roberts, of Kandahar in Afghanistan and Pretoria in the Transvaal Colony and of the City of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1901 for Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts.
Frederick Roberts: Bobs. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts was one of Britain’s most successful military commanders of the 19th century. He won important victories during the Second Afghan War and revitalised the British campaign in the Boer War.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar (1832-1914) Letters written during the Indian Mutiny / by Fred. Roberts ; with a preface by his daughter Countess Roberts. 1924. 21.0 x 2.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1024189.
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS, was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British...
He fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (Sepoy Mutiny) and served in Afghanistan and Abyssinia, rising in rank to General in 1891. He was in overall command of the British forces in the Second Boer War (1899-02), during which time his son was killed in action.
