General Sir William Roberts

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Sir_William_Roberts

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath gptkb:Victoria_Cross gptkb:Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkbp:birth_date	1832-09-30
gptkbp:birth_place	gptkb:Cawnpore,_India
gptkbp:burial_place	gptkb:St._John's_Church,_Eltham
gptkbp:children	gptkb:3
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Indian_Army
gptkbp:death_date	1914-11-14
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General Sir William Roberts
gptkbp:influenced	British military tactics
gptkbp:influenced_by	gptkb:Duke_of_Wellington
gptkbp:known_for	gptkb:military_strategy Leadership in colonial conflicts
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:British
gptkbp:nickname	Bobs
gptkbp:notable_battle	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Scarpe gptkb:Battle_of_Kabul gptkb:Battle_of_Peiwar_Kotal gptkb:Battle_of_Amiens gptkb:Battle_of_Arras gptkb:Battle_of_Cambrai gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele gptkb:Battle_of_Ypres gptkb:Battle_of_the_Aisne gptkb:Battle_of_the_Meuse-Argonne gptkb:Battle_of_the_Sambre gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme gptkb:Battle_of_Colenso gptkb:Battle_of_Magersfontein gptkb:Battle_of_Paardeberg gptkb:Battle_of_Spion_Kop gptkb:Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge gptkb:Battle_of_the_Sambre_(1918) gptkb:Battle_of_the_Tugela_Heights gptkb:Battle_of_Verdun gptkb:Battle_of_the_Hindenburg_Line gptkb:Battle_of_the_Lys gptkb:Battle_of_the_Lys_(1918) gptkb:Battle_of_the_Marne gptkb:Battle_of_the_Selle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Canal_du_Nord Battle of the Somme (1916)
gptkbp:notable_command	gptkb:Second_Boer_War gptkb:Second_Anglo-Afghan_War
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Lord_Kitchener
gptkbp:rank	gptkb:General
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:service_years	1852-1908
gptkbp:spouse	Lady Roberts
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Lord_Roberts_of_Kandahar
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:East_India_Company_Army gptkb:Battle_of_Peking gptkb:British_4th_Regiment_of_Foot gptkb:Order_of_the_Medjidie
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5