Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts Military person

Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC (8 January 1872 – 17 December 1899), son of the famous Victorian commander Field Marshal Frederick Roberts VC, 1st Earl Roberts, was born in Umballa, India, and received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Personal facts

Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts
Birth dateJanuary 08, 1872
Birth place
Ambala , Presidencies and provinces of British India
Date of deathDecember 17, 1899
Place of death
South Africa
Resting place
Frere KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal

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Military person

award
Mentioned in dispatches
Order of the Medjidie
Victoria Cross
military operations
Second Boer War
Battle of Colenso
Chitral Expedition
military branch
British Army
military unit
King's Royal Rifle Corps
relation
Field marshal
service start1891
service end1899

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External resources

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8543713