Frederick Roberts

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC (1832-1914) was a British soldier born in India joined the Indian Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery in 1851. He served in the Indian Mutiny during which he won a VC at the Battle of Kallah Nuddee. He transferred to the British Army and took part in the Ambela Campaign, the Abyssinian Campaign and the Lushai Expedition. He was given command of the Kurram Valley Field Force in the 2nd Afghan War and later undertook the renowned March to

He served as Resident at Lucknow and returned to Britain in 1844.

External links

Frederick Roberts Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
Frederick Roberts Wikipedia

Historical books on-line

Memoirs and correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott GCB by J.H.Stocqueler 1854 Volume I, Volume II (archive.org)