British field marshal, served in India and the Boer War. Born India to an Irishman who was serving there at the time. Considered himself Anglo-Irish even though he lived at Ascot. 1901 - 4 Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Died in France at the start of WW1 - he caught a chill.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Earl Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar
Commemorated ati
Knightsbridge - 3 - Roberts
Stephen Brasher suggested that this is Field Marshal Lord Roberts and, having...
Roberts statue
Unveiled by the Duke of Connaught and we thank Jamie Davis for finding this l...
Other Subjects
Arthur Thomas Lambert
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Dale Taylor
Edwin Dale Taylor was born on 20 January 1918 in Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA, the youngest of the four children of Wayne Oscar Taylor (1895-1956) and Eula Sabra Taylor née Miller (1893-1950...
Henry Dalziel, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 4 July 1918, age 25, while serving in the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. "Having silenced every gun in one direction, an enemy gun opened up from a dif...
16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Formed as a Territorial Force battalion in The London Regiment in 1908. On 31 December 1921 the battalion amalgamated with the 15th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Prince of Wal...
C. R. Cruwys
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.