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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 ...
On December 15, 1899 at the Battle of Colenso in Natal, Roberts, with three others, tried to save the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries of the Royal Field Artillery during which he was badly wounded. The British lost 10 guns and over 1,000 casualties in this defeat by the Boers.
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- Military Career
- Confirmation of The Victoria Cross
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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 ...
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.At the age of 27, Roberts went with the King's Rifles to the Second Boer War, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.Confirmation of the award was made on 2 February 1900, the citation reading: War Office, February 2, 1900. Queen has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned Officers and Non-Commissioned Officer, whose claims have been submitted for Her Majesty's approval, for their consp...
Roberts and his father were one of only three father-son pairs to win the VC, his father having won it in 1858 for an action at Khudaganj during the Indian rebellion. F.H.S. Robert's Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum in Chelsea, England.
ROBERTS, THE HONOURABLE FREDERICK SHERSTON, Lieutenant, was born at Umballa, India, 8 January 1872. He entered the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 10 June 1891, and during the four following years was on active service on the North-West Frontier of India, including Chitral, receiving the Medals and clasps and being mentioned in Despatches.
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts (1901-1972), entomologist and parasitologist, was born on 16 January 1901 at Rockhampton, Queensland, second child of Australian-born parents Richard Ussher Roberts, clerk, and his wife Letitia Julia, née Spicer.
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Fellows of the Society. F.H.S. Roberts FASP 1967. Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts (1901-1972) was an eminent veterinary parasitologist, who published widely on ticks, insects and parasitic worms. He spent much of his career with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and CSIRO.
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts. Born 8 January 1872, died 17 December 1899. Ada Edwina Stewart Roberts. Born 28 March 1875, died 21 February 1955. Roberts' son, The Hon. Frederick Roberts, VC, was killed in action on 17 December 1899 at the Battle of Colenso during the Boer War.
