Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, Lady (widow of Sir Abraham) Roberts, The Hon.

Aileen Mary Roberts, The Hon.

Ada Edwina Roberts, Miss Roberts, Lady Roberts, Field-Marshal Lord, V.C., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., leaves England; arrives in India; life in Calcutta; journey to Peshawar; at Peshawar; visits Kashmir; joins Horse Artillery; at Umballa; revisits Kashmir; first visit to Simla; returns to Peshawar; at Mian Mir; first Staff appointment; studies native languages; passes examination; rides a hundred miles in one day; tour with General Reed; witnesses meeting between Dost Mahomed and Sir John Lawrence; second Staff appointment; second tour with General Reed; refuses appointment in P.W.D.; reports on sanatorium of Cherat; first meeting with Nicholson; returns to Peshawar; hears first tidings of Mutiny; at a Council of War; Staff Officer to Brigadier Chamberlain; at the mercy of a sentry; starts for Rawal Pindi; with Sir John Lawrence at Rawal Pindi; joins Movable Column at Wazirabad; _en route_ to Delhi; at Lahore; arrives at Delhi; before Delhi; appointed D.A.Q.M.G.

with Artillery; first under fire; fidelity of his servants; wounded; intimacy with Nicholson; knocked over by a round shot; last sight of Nicholson; charger killed; takes part in storming of the palace; leaves Delhi with Greathed's column for Cawnpore; in action at Bulandshahr; narrow escape; in fight at Aligarh; in fight at Agra; first sight of Taj Mahal; leaves Agra; arrives at Cawnpore; meets Sir Colin Campbell; marches to Lucknow; meets with a night adventure; in the storming of the Sikandarbagh; in the attack on the Shah Najaf; plants the colours on the mess-house; accompanies Outram and Havelock to the Residency; meets the 'hero of the Redan'; in fight at Cawnpore; in fight at Khudaganj; wins the V.C.; at the siege of Lucknow; with Outram at capture of the Chakar Kothi; meets Jung Bahadur; complimented by the Commander-in-Chief; his views on the Mutiny; on our present position in India; takes furlough; marries; receives the V.C.from the hands of the Queen; returns to India; refuses post in Revenue Survey; accompanies Lord Canning on his Viceregal progress; loses chance of service in China; visits Simla; accompanies Lord Canning through Central India; returns to Simla; ordered to Allahabad; accompanies Commander-in-Chief on tour; returns to Simla; again on tour with Commander-in-Chief; has a sunstroke; made A.Q.M.G.; serves with Umbeyla expedition; too junior to be a Lieutenant-Colonel; voyage round the Cape; at home again; returns to India; serves with Abyssinian Expedition; bearer of the Abyssinian despatches; first A.Q.M.G.; returns to India; birth of daughter; serves with Lushai Expedition; receives the C.B.; officiating Q.M.G.; with the Prince of Wales at Delhi; first meeting with Lord Lytton; takes part in the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi; accepts command of Punjab Frontier Force; assumes command of Kuram Field Force; shortcomings of his column; his able staff; advances into the Kuram valley; takes the Peiwar Kotal; devotion of his orderlies; congratulated by the Queen; hampered by want of transport; punishment of treachery; action at Khost; misrepresented in the House of Commons; dismisses a war correspondent; holds a Queen's birthday parade; farewell to Cavagnari; serves on the Army Commission; his recommendations gradually carried out; appointed Commander of Kabul Field Force; starts for Kabul; correspondence with Yakub Khan; issues a Proclamation to the people of Kabul; meeting with Yakub Khan; issues a Proclamation and an order; takes the Shutargardan; defeats the Afghans at Charasia; advances on Kabul; instructions from the Government of India; inspects the Embassy and the Bala Hissar; receives abdication of Yakub Khan; issues a Proclamation; makes a formal entry into Kabul; adopts measures for carrying on administration; misrepresented in House of Commons; congratulated by the Queen and the Viceroy; wintering at Kabul; attacked by the tribesmen on all sides; life saved by Mazr Ali; storming of the Takht-i-Shah; further attacks; concentrates his forces at Sherpur; strengthens his defences; arrests Daud Shah; defeats and disperses the tribesmen; reopens communication with India; issues a Proclamation; fortifies Sherpur; negotiations at Kabul; holds a durbar; hands over supreme command to Sir Donald Stewart; visits Jalalabad; hears news of Maiwand; telegram to Adjutant-General; appointed Commander of Kabul-Kandahar Field Force; preparations for the march; details of the Force; commissariat and transport; starts for Kandahar; order of marching; reaches Ghazni; reaches Kelat-i-Ghilzai; telegraphs progress to Government; food required daily for the force; down with fever; reports progress; letter from General Phayre; telegraphs to Simla; reaches Kandahar; demoralized condition of the garrison; encamps to the west of the city; reconnoitres the enemy's position; assumes command of the Army of Southern Afghanistan; defeats Ayub Khan; and captures his camp; telegraphs the news; difficulties about supplies; congratulated by the Queen and the Duke of Cambridge; made G.C.B.; appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army; proceeds to Quetta; parting with the troops; pleasant memories; receives autograph letter from the Queen; reception in England; appointed Governor of Natal and Commander of the Forces in South Africa; witnesses the manoeuvres of the German Army; offered the Quartermaster-Generalship; proceeds to Madras; visits the Andaman Islands; proceeds to Burma; declines the Quartermaster-Generalship; measures for improving the Madras Army; memories of Madras; visits Calcutta; meeting with Abdur Rahman at Rawal Pindi; returns to Madras; appointed Commander-in-Chief in India; brief visit to England; accompanies Lord Dufferin to Gwalior; proceeds to Delhi; Camp of Exercise at Delhi; accompanies Lord Dufferin to Burma; proceeds to the North-West Frontier; makes a tour of inspection; draws up a memorandum on frontier defence; Lady Roberts's Homes; sends reinforcements to Burma; lands at Rangoon; measures for pacification of Upper Burma; inspects North-West Frontier with General Chesney; receives Grand Cross of the Indian Empire; establishes 'Regimental Institutes'; establishes the Army Temperance Association; makes a tour with Lord Dufferin along the North-West Frontier; official inspections; presides over Defence and Mobilization Committees; supports Lord Dufferin's scheme for the utilization of Native States' armies; visits the frontier; spends Christmas in camp; visits Calcutta; makes a tour of inspection in Central India and Rajputana; and in Kashmir; remodels the system of musketry instruction for the Native Army; improvements in Artillery and Cavalry; visits the frontier with Lord Lansdowne; offered the post of Adjutant-General; meets Prince Albert Victor in Calcutta; entertains the Prince at Muridki; extension of command; meets the Cesarewitch in Calcutta; views on the Native Army; steps taken to increase its efficiency; concession to the Native Army; unable to remedy the under-officering of Native regiments; inspects the Zhob valley with General Brackenbury; raised to the peerage; visits Burma; visits Nepal; review of the Maharaja's troops; a grand durbar; an evening reception at the palace; a short tour in the Punjab; proposed Mission to the Amir; the Mission abandoned; adieu to Simla; final tour in the Punjab; farewell entertainments at Lahore; at Lucknow; and at Calcutta; pig-sticking at Jaipur and Jodhpur; address from the municipality of Ahmedabad; parting dinner at the Byculla Club; the end of forty-one years in India; letter to Yakub Khan; interview with Yakub Khan's agents; official report on interview with Yakub Khan; extract from Report on Commissariat; instructions to officers commanding Column in Burma; farewell address from Sikhs of the Punjab; from Hindus of the Punjab; from Mahomedans of the Punjab; from the European community of the Punjab; from the Talukdars of Oudh; from the citizens of Calcutta Robertson, Lieutenant Robinson, Lieutenant Romanofski, General Rose, Sir Hugh.

_See_ Strathnairn Ross, General Sir John, G.C.B.
Ross, Lieutenant-Colonel Dr.Tyrrell Mrs.Tyrrell Rothney, Captain Runjit Sing Russell, Brigadier D.
Russell, General Sir Edward Lechmere, K.C.S.I.
Russell, Lieutenant Russia, Czar of Ruttun Sing, Subadar St.John, Sir Oliver Saiyad Nur Mahomed Sale, Sir Robert Salisbury, The Marquis of Salkeld, Lieutenant Salmon, Sir Nowell Salmond, Lieutenant Samandar Khan Sandeman, Colonel Sir Robert Sandford, Major Sandhurst, General Lord, G.C.B., G.C.S.I.