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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) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.
3 de nov. de 2023 · Sir William Robert Robertson is the only person in the history of the British Army to have held every rank between private and field marshal in his military career. Born in 1860 to a Lincolnshire family, Robertson began as a humble footman but decided against a life of servitude and pursued a career in the Army.
4 de abr. de 2024 · Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet was a field marshal and the chief of the British Imperial General Staff during most of World War I. He supported Sir Douglas Haig, the British commander in chief in France, in urging concentration of Britain’s manpower and matériel on the Western Front.
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Learn about the life and career of Sir William Robertson, the only man to rise from Private to Field Marshal rank in the British army. Find out his roles in the Boer War, the Western Front, and the Supreme War Council.
8 de ago. de 2022 · 131K subscribers. 3.1K. 71K views 1 year ago British Military History. Sir William Robertson is the only person ever to have risen from a Private soldier to Field Marshal in the history of...
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Learn about the life and career of William Robert Robertson, the first British soldier to advance from private to field marshal and the chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Great War. Find out how he supported Douglas Haig, clashed with Lloyd George, and was ousted in 1918.
8 de dez. de 2011 · 62. 13K views 12 years ago. Justin Saddington, Curator of Printed Books at the National Army Museum, discusses the life of Field Marshal Sir William Robertson and the themes of late Victorian...
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