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Frederick Sleigh Roberts was commissioned into the Bengal Artillery in 1851. His subsequent career was spent almost entirely as a Staff Officer but he still saw a good deal of active service. Roberts won the Victoria Cross in the Indian Mutiny (1857–1859), but first came to public notice when he led his troops on the legendary 480km march from Kabul to Kandahar, during the Second Afghan War (1878–1880).

After the early reverses of the Boer War (1899–1902), Roberts took over command of the British forces in South Africa. From 18 December 1899, together with his Chief of Staff Major-General Horatio Herbert, Lord Kitchener, he revitalised the British military effort. Aged 68, he finally handed over command to the latter on 29 November 1900.

National Army Museum

London

Title

Field Marshal Lord Roberts (1832–1914), VC, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, c.1900

Date

1901

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 146 x W 103 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1974-11-9

Acquisition method

gift from the Constitutional Club, 1974

Work type

Painting

National Army Museum

Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, Greater London SW3 4HT England

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Artist or maker

Lowes Cato Dickinson

1819–1908

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