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Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff ('CIGS' - professional Head of the British Army) from 1916 to 1918, during the First World War.
Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Bt and Winston Churchill and three unknown others. by Unknown photographer bromide print, August 1919 NPG x32105. Find out more >
Robertson became a business executive, serving as chairman of the Brewers' Trustees and as a director on numerous boards, including British Dyestuffs, the Palestine Corporation, and the London General Omnibus Company. In 1932 he served as president of the Royal British Legion. Sir William Robertson died of a thrombosis on 12th February, 1933.
19 de mar. de 1998 · Sir William Robertson served as the professional head of the British army and as the constitutional military adviser to both Asquith and Lloyd George from December 1915 to February 1918. This account, based on many new sources, critically examines his leadership of the general staff as the burden of fighting the main body of the German army shifted to the British.
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Sir William Robertson was the first and only soldier in the British Army to rise from Private to Field Marshal. He was born in Lincolnshire on 29 Jan 1860, the son of Thomas Charles Robertson, a tailor and postmaster from Scotland. His first job was as a footman at Deene Park in the Countess of Cardigan's household.
