Frederick Roberts (VC, born 1872)
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC (8 January 1872 – 17 December 1899) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Roberts was the son of the famous Victorian commander Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.
Not to be confused with his father, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.
Frederick Roberts
8 January 1872
Umballa, Punjab, British India (now Ambala, Haryana, India)
17 December 1899 (aged 27)
South Africa
United Kingdom
1891–1899
Lieutenant
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (father)
Early life[edit]
Born in Umballa, India, Roberts attended Eton College and joined the British Army soon after completing his studies. As the son of Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, one of the greatest commanders of the Victorian era, he followed his father into the 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.[2] After joining the army he was soon involved in action, fighting in the Waziristan Expedition in 1894 and 1895, where he was mentioned in dispatches. 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, Fourth Class from the Ottoman Empire.[3]