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(Lecture delivered by John Terraine at the Western Front Association's Annual Seminar at Abergavenny in June 1992) In August 1914 William Robertson crossed to France to meet the long-expected foe, together with the rest of the British Expeditionary Force, on the staff of the Commander in-Chief, Field-Marshal Sir John French, and in the post of Quartermaster-General.
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.
10 de abr. de 2013 · Sir William Robertson, who became chief of the imperial general staff in the first world war, was the first British general to rise from the ranks. This was all the more remarkable as, ...
Excerpt from Sir William Robertson, the Life Story of the Chief, of the Imperial General Staff IT was Napoleon who remarked that all great captains have performed vast achievements by con forming with the rules Of the art - by adjusting efforts to Obstacles.
The Boer War saw further promotion and during the First World War-after service in the B. E. F.-Robertson rose to become Chief of the Imperial Staff being appointed to full general in 1916. He became a baronet in 1919 and field-marshal in 1920-the first man who joined the British Army at its lowest rank and by his own abilities achieved its highest rank.
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Sir William Robertson is an important but underrated figure in in the story of the British Army. In this presentation, which was given to a live, online audi...
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