Lieutenant the Honourable Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts

Born: 8 January 1872 at Umballa, India.

Died: 17 January 1899 at Chievely, Natal, South Africa.

Buried: Chievely War Cemetery, Plot 136. Headstone.

CITATION

At Colenso, South Africa on 15th December 1899, the detatchments serving the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, had all been either killed, wounded or driven from their guns by infantry fire at close range, and the guns were deserted. About 500 yards behind the guns was a donga, in which some of the few horses and drivers left alive were sheltered. The intervening space was swept with shell and rifle fire. Lieutenant Roberts and Captain Congreve, Rifle Brigade, who were in the donga, assisted to hook a team to a limber, went out, and assisted to limber up a gun. Captain Congreve was shot through the leg and his horse shot in three places. Lieutenant Roberts assisted Captain Congreve. He was wounded in three places and died of his wounds. Captain Congreve was also awarded the Victoria Cross.