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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.
- 1877–1920
- British Army
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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Sir William Robertson was the only man to rise from Private to Field Marshal rank in the British army. He served as Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the British Home Forces in World War I, and a staunch supporter of Sir Douglas Haig. He died in 1933.
8 de ago. de 2022 · Sir William Robertson is the only person ever to have risen from a Private soldier to Field Marshal in the history of the British Army. He served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff...
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Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Born 29 January 1860 in Welbourn, Great Britain. Died 12 February 1933 in London, Great Britain. William Robert Robertson was the first British soldier to advance from private to field marshal.
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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