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 who 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 from Kabul to Kandahar. He became Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army and subsequently Commander-in-Chief in India. He was in direct command during the 3rd Burma War. In 1892 he was created Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford and he left India the following year.
External links
- Frederick Roberts Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
- Frederick Roberts Wikipedia
- "Field Marshal Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria (1832-1914)" by Dr Rodney Atwood, Royal Artillery Historical Society Autumn Meeting 17th October 2007 Word Document html version
Historical books on-line
- Forty-one Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar 1900 Archive.org
- Lord Roberts of Kandahar, V.C.: the life-story of a great soldier by Walter Jerrold 1900 Archive.org
- Earl Roberts, V.C., Lord Kitchener and the Great Boer War by T.G. Marquis ; with personal reminiscenses by Frederick Hamilton. 1900 Archive.org
- Restricted access: Available in North America and perhaps some other countries. The life and deeds of Earl Roberts, V.C., K.G., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., Field-Marshal and Commander-in-Chief by J. Maclaren Cobban. Four volumes 1901-1902 Hathi Trust Digital Library
