Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar-Honours

The Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880

"This bronze star, issued in conjunction with the Queen's medal with the bar Kandhar, was made from captured guns, and awarded to all who had taken part in General Roberts's famous march of about three hundred and ten miles between 9th and 31st August, 1880."

From: Major L. L. Gordon, British Battles and Medals, Fifth Edition revised by Edward C. Joslin, London: Spink & Son, 1979.

		Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar Honours and Decorations
		Lord Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy while serving as a Lieutenant in the Bengal Horse Artillery (Indian Army) during the Indian Mutiny. The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest award for gallantry. In 1899, his son, Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, was awarded the V.C. posthumously for his actions at the Battle of Colenso during the South African War.

		Background and short biography of Lord Roberts. Kipling's poem "Bobs" written at the time of his death. 1914 Roberts
		In his autobiography, Forty-One Years in India, London, 1897, Lord Roberts recounts the Siege of Delhi (1857) during the Indian Mutiny (Chapters XIII through XIX).

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