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31 de jan. de 2007 · Robertson, William Robert, Sir, 1860-1933 Publisher London : Cassell Collection robarts; toronto Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto Language ...
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.
Robertson spent two years (January 1897 to December 1898) at the Staff College; among the other students during that time were Haig, Allenby, Murray (that is Sir Archibald Murray, in whose footsteps Robertson followed for the next eighteen years), Milne (who became C-in-C at Salonika in 1916 and was later CIGS for two successive terms), Capper (a very fine divisional commander, killed at Loos ...
Sir William Robertson was a career soldier and was at this date, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (the professional head of the army). Unusually he was (and still is) the only soldier to have reached the rank of Field Marshal from an enlisted rank (starting aged 17 years and 3 months, as a trooper in the 16th (Queens Own) Lancers.
Mentioned in Despatches. Marsekal Lapangan Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO (29 Januari 1860 – 12 Februari 1933) adalah seorang perwira British Army yang menjabat sebagai Ketua Staf Jenderal (Chief of the Imperial General Staff, CIGS) – kepala profesional British Army – dari 1916 pada 1918 pada masa Perang ...
Sir William Robertson primary name: Robertson, Sir William Details individual; military/naval; English; Male. Life dates 29/1/1860-12/2/1933. Biography ...
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.
