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
Hon. Frederick Roberts VC
Memorial in Winchester Cathedral
King's Royal Rifle Corps
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The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised in the Thirteen Colonies in 1756 as the 62nd Regiment of Foot to serve in the French and Indian War, and was ren
Frederick Roberts (VC, born 1872)
…Victorian era, he followed his father into the army and, after the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 10 June 1891. After joining the army he was soon involved in action, fighting in the Waziristan Expedition in 1894 and 1895, where he was mentioned…
c. 1914 regimental busby badge
Regimental private in 1758
Regimental private (left) in 1812
Two regimental privates, c. 1900