Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-I
The then General Roberts, c. 1894
Lieutenant Frederick Roberts finding the mortally wounded General Nicholson by the Kashmir Gate during the Siege of Delhi.
Roberts painting by George Frederic Watts
Lord Roberts enters Kimberley after the relief of the besieged city, February 1900
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
…leading the advance across the open veldt into the Orange Free State, while Buller sought to eject the Boers from the hills of Natal – during which Lord Roberts' son was killed, earning a posthumous V.C. Having raised the Siege of Kimberley, at the Battle of Paardeberg on 27 February 1900 Roberts forced the Boer…
Hon. Frederick Roberts VC
Memorial in Winchester Cathedral