Sir William Robertson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 91 years ago |
Date of birth | January 29,1860 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Welbourn |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | February 12,1933 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
Battles and wars | Chitral Expedition |
Second Boer War | |
First World War | |
Rank | Field marshal |
Nationality | British |
Current partner | Mildred Adelaide Palin |
Place of burial | Brookwood Cemetery, United Kingdom |
Children | Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge |
Books | From Private to Field‑marshal |
From Private to Field-Marshal: The Autobiography of the First British Private Soldier to Rise to the Highest Rank | |
Routes on North-West Frontier: Volume 2 | |
Routes on North-West Frontier: Volume 1 | |
From Private to Field-marshal | |
Soldiers and Statesmen, 1914-1918 | |
Founded | Sir William Robertson Academy |
Grandchildren | William Robertson |
Great grandchild | Edward Mark William Vincent |
Parents | Ann Dexter Beet |
Thomas Charles Robertson | |
Awards | Distinguished Service Order |
British War Medal | |
Distinguished Service Medal | |
1914–15 Star | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 903200 |
Sir William Robertson Life story
Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.