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Roberts was educated at Eton, [3] Sandhurst, [3] and Addiscombe Military Seminary [3] before entering the East India Company Army as a second lieutenant with the Bengal Artillery on 12 December 1851. [3] . He became Aide-de-Camp to his father in 1852, transferred to the Bengal Horse Artillery in 1854 and was promoted to lieutenant on 31 May 1857.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts was a British field marshal, an outstanding combat leader in the Second Afghan War (1878–80) and the South African War (1899–1902), and the last commander in chief of the British Army (1901–04; office then abolished).
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Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts was one of Britain’s most successful military commanders of the 19th century. He won important victories during the Second Afghan War and revitalised the British campaign in the Boer War.
May 23, 2018 · Frederick Sleigh Roberts. The British soldier and filed marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford (1832-1914), made his reputation in India and South Africa and then became the last commander in chief of the British army.
Home » Elementary Schools » Lord Roberts. Lord Roberts. 1100 Bidwell Street. 1900 – present. Named for Frederick Sleigh Brown, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), British Field Marshall. Photo credit: City of Vancouver Archives. 1900-Current.
Earl Roberts, of Kandahar in Afghanistan and Pretoria in the Transvaal Colony and of the City of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1901 for Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts.
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Photograph shows Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), a British officer who died in 1914 during a visit to troops in France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
