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.
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Earl Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar
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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
D. F. Cameron
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
384 memorials
C. E. Smale
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
A, V. Watts
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant Hamilton Jefferson
Hamilton Jefferson was born on 19 August 1897 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA, the fourth of the six children of George David Jefferson (1863-1937) and Rebecca Gorham Jefferson née Kettle (1864-1918)...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials