Frederick Roberts (British Army officer, born 1872)
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Frederick Hugh Sherston (The Hon.) Roberts was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Details
He was 27 years old, and a Lieutenant in the The King's Royal Rifle Corps, British Army during the South African War (Boer War) when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 15 December 1899 at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa, Lieutenant Roberts, with several others, tried to save the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, when the detachments serving the guns had all become casualties or been driven from their guns. Some of the horses and drivers were sheltering in a donga about 500 yards behind the guns and the intervening space was swept with shell and rifle fire. Lieutenant Roberts with two other officers (Walter Norris Congreve and Harry Norton Schofield) helped to hook a team into a limber and then to limber up a gun. While doing so, he fell badly wounded and later died of his wounds.
Further information
Son of Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, VC.
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The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum (Chelsea, England).
Reference
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
- Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- SCOTLANDS FORgotten VALOUR (Graham Ross, 1995)
- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)
- Marion Hebblethwaite
See also
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (City of London)
This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.