Person    | Male  Born 30/9/1832  Died 14/11/1914

Earl Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: France, India, Ireland

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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Earl Roberts

Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914) Field-Marshal, lived here.

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