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Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts

Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts
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Hon. Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC
Born (1872-01-08)8 January 1872
Umballa, Punjab, British India (now Ambala, Haryana, India)
Died 17 December 1899(1899-12-17) (aged 27)
South Africa
Buried at Chieveley Military Cemetery, Frere
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1891–1899
Rank Lieutenant
Unit King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battles/wars

Chitral Expedition
Second Boer War

Awards Victoria Cross
Mention in Despatches
Fourth Class of the Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Empire)
Relations Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (father)

Chitral Expedition
Second Boer War

Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC (8 January 1872 – 17 December 1899), son of the famous Victorian commander Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 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.

Roberts attended Eton College and joined the army soon after completing his studies. The son of Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, one of the greatest commanders of the Victorian era, it was only natural that he should follow his father into the British 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 in Despatches. He came to the attention of senior officers for his effective leadership. In 1898 he took part in the Nile Expedition following which he was promoted lieutenant, and awarded Order of Meijidieh of the Fourth Class.


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