Images Dated 2006 April

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief of the forces in South Africa, 1902.Artist: Lafayette

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief of the forces in South Africa, 1902. Sir Frederick, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914) was one of the foremost British military figures of Victorian times. Awarded the Victoria Cross in 1858 for his actions during the Indian Mutiny, Roberts is best known for his march to capture Kandahar during the Second Afghan War of 1878-1880. He was made Baron of Kandahar and Waterford in 1892 and promoted to Field Marshal in 1895. Roberts commanded the reinforcements sent to South Africa in 1900 after the setbacks of the early part of the Boer War. After his successful intervention in the South African campaign, he returned to England to become Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, a position which he held until 1904, when he retired from the army. Portrait from Celebrities of the Army, published by George Newnes, (London, 1902)

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Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel HCO Plumer, Commanding at Tuli, Rhodesia, 1902.Artist: Bassano Studio

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel HCO Plumer, Commanding at Tuli, Rhodesia, 1902. Plumer (1857-1932) went on to become a Field Marshal and commanded the British Second Army in Flanders in World War I. He was made a Baron in 1919, and served as Governor of Malta and then High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine Portrait from Celebrities of the Army, published by George Newnes, (London, 1902)

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Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, 1902.Artist: G Lekegian

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, 1902. Kitchener (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898). He was commander of British forces during the Boer War (1899-1902) and served as War Minister from 1914 to 1916. His portrait was used on a famous World War I army recruitment poster. Kitchener drowned when HMS Hampshire, carrying him to Russia, was sunk by a German mine in the North Atlantic in 1916. Portrait from Celebrities of the Army, published by George Newnes, (London, 1902)

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