Grave of Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts V.C.

Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, VC (8 January 1872 – 17 December 1899) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Roberts was the son of the famous Victorian commander Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts. (Wikipedia)

2nd Boer War II Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. At the at the Battle of Colenso, Africa, December 15, 1899, Lieutenant Roberts, with several other men, tried to save the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, when the detachments serving the guns had all become casualties. Gathering some horses and drivers, he helped to hook a team into a limber and then to limber up a gun. While doing so, he was badly wounded and died two days later. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross Medal in February, 1900.