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Catalogue description War Office: Lord Frederick Roberts, Commander in Chief (South Africa and England) and President of National Service League: Papers
| Reference: | WO 105 |
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| Title: | War Office: Lord Frederick Roberts, Commander in Chief (South Africa and England) and President of National Service League: Papers |
| Description: |
These papers of Lord Roberts include despatches, telegrams and reports exchanged between Roberts, field commanders and officials in South Africa; telegrams to and from the Secretary of State for War, and to the High Commissioner. There is also a collection of maps of Afghanistan, India and Egypt, 1835 to 1893. They relate chiefly to operations in South Africa, 1899 to 1902, where Lord Roberts was Commander in Chief. A number of letters, reports and papers accumulated by Lord Roberts as Commander in Chief in England, 1903 to 1904 and later, as President of the National Service League, were added in 1960. |
| Date: | 1835-1913 |
| Related material: |
See also Division within WO |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832-1914 |
| Physical description: | 48 boxes and files |
| Custodial history: | Ada Roberts, 1875-1955, Countess Roberts in 1952 |
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