We remember Frederick John Roberts

We remember Frederick John Roberts

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Timeline

Timeline

1882
birth Queen's Park, London United Kingdom Source:6968742 Source:8618369 1882
1895
education Grocer's Company School Hackney Downs, London United Kingdom Source:8618111 1895 - 1900
1895
location Grocer's Company School, Hackney Downs, London United Kingdom school/college address Source:8618111 1895 - 1900
1915
commission Unknown Source:8618111 28th January 1915
1915
service British Army 2nd Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Source:8620891 28th January 1915 - 20th July 1915
1915
service British Army Temp. Captain Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Source:8618111 20th July 1915 - 2nd November 1916
1916
awards Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration Source:8617368 1916
1916
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:8617368 1916
1916
service British Army Temp. Major Sherwood Forresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Source:8620804 2nd November 1916 - 20th February 1917
1917
service British Army Temp/Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Source:8620815 20th February 1917 - 3rd July 1917
1917
service British Army Temp. Major Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Source:8620804 3rd July 1917 - 6th September 1917
1917
service British Army Temp/Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Source:8620810 6th September 1917 - 17th July 1919
1919
service British Army Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) Source:8621029 17th July 1919
employment diamond trade Source:8617368
1964
death Not War Related His ashes were scattered at Brookwood Cemetery in England. Toronto Canada Source:8618369 Source:8617368 September 1964

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Frederick John
Initials FJ
Last Name Roberts
Source 8620944
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Grocer's Company School, Hackney Downs, London United Kingdom school/college address 1895 - 1900
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Sherwood Forresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Temp. Major
British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion 2nd Lieutenant
British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Temp. Captain
British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Temp. Major
British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Temp/Lieutenant Colonel
British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion Temp/Lieutenant Colonel
British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) Lieutenant Colonel
Awards
AwardTypeSource
MC British Award/Decoration
Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Roberts mother
Henry Roberts father

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Communities

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Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Medal Index Cards Transcription Ann39898

External Evidence

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wikipedia entry: Wipers Times Deryck11795
bbc website entry for Fred Roberts Deryck11795
Article in The Daily Telegraph Clifford40380
The Times Mara60295
Daily Mail: Wipers Times Comeback Mara60295
Tonbridge at War: Link to Fred Roberts Mara60295
London Gazette 21 Feb 1917 - Promoted Temp Major Mara60295
London Gazette 4 Dec 1917 - Promoted Lt-Col and CO Mara60295
London Gazette 11 Apr 1917 - Promoted Lt-Col Mara60295
London Gazette 31 Aug 1917 Mara60295
London Gazette 26 Jan 1915 - Commission Mara60295
London Gazette - M.C. Mara60295
London Gazette 16 Aug 1919 - Relinquishes Commission Mara60295

Multimedia

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Printing Press in Ypres Deryck11795
Captain F J Roberts Deryck11795
The Wipers Times Deryck11795
Sherwood Foresters cap badge Deryck11795
Soldiers Reading the Wipers Times Deryck11795
Military Cross Deryck11795
Fred Roberts MIC Deryck11795
Parody Deryck11795
with other Sherwood Foresters Clifford40380
The family Mara60295
Schoolboy Mara60295
Major Mara60295
Temp Lt.-Colonel Mara60295
Relinquishes rank Mara60295
Commission Mara60295
Roberts and Pearson Mara60295
Temp. Lt-Col again Mara60295
Brookwood Cemetery Mara60295
Relinquished commission Mara60295
Portrait Mara60295

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