Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts

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British Army officer Victoria Cross recipient person

Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts was a British Army officer and the only son of Field Marshal Lord Roberts, posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery during the Second Boer War.

Aliases (2)

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ×4
Frederick Roberts ×2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → Victoria Cross recipient → person →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Queen's South Africa Medal → Victoria Cross →
burialPlace	Chieveley Military Cemetery, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa →
causeOfDeath	wounds received in action →
commemoratedOn	Commonwealth War Graves Commission records →
commissionedInto	King's Royal Rifle Corps →
conflict	Second Boer War →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1872-01-08 →
dateOfDeath	1899-12-17 →
education	Eton College → Royal Military College, Sandhurst →
familyName	Roberts →
father	Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts →
fullName	Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts →
givenName	Frederick →
honorificSuffix	VC →
mannerOfDeath	killed in action →
memorial	Memorial at Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks → Memorial in St Paul's Cathedral, London → Memorial in Winchester Cathedral →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	lieutenant →
mother	Nora Henrietta Bews Roberts →
nationality	British →
notableBattle	Battle of Colenso →
notableFor	being posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in the Second Boer War → being the only son of Field Marshal Lord Roberts to be killed in action →
onlyChildOf	Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts →
onlySonOf	Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts →
placeOfBirth	Umballa, British India →
placeOfDeath	Chieveley, Natal, South Africa →
posthumousAward	Victoria Cross →
reasonForAward	bravery under fire while attempting to save artillery guns at Colenso →
regiment	1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps →
religion	Anglican →
servedIn	India → South Africa →
theatreOfOperations	South Africa →
unit	King's Royal Rifle Corps →
yearOfCommission	1891 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boer Wars ("Frederick Roberts") → British Indian Army ("Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts") →	notableCommander
Second Anglo-Afghan War ("Frederick Roberts") →	commander
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts →	fullName
Baron Roberts ("Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts") →	hasTitleHolder
Baron Roberts ("Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts") →	namedAfter
Baron Roberts ("Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts") →	notableTitleHolder
Lord Roberts →	parentOf