Frederick Robb

Sir Frederick Robb
Born	1858
Died	1948 (aged 89 or 90)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1880–1919
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	11th Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars	Mahdist War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Major-General Sir Frederick Spencer Wilson Robb KCB KCMG KCVO (1858–1948) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

Military career

Frederick Robb was educated at Harrow School, Trinity Hall, Cambridge,^[1] and the Royal Military College Sandhurst.^[2] He was commissioned into the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) in 1880.^[3] He became Adjutant of his Regiment in 1890 before going on to be a Brigade Major at Aldershot in 1892.^[3] Appointed a Staff Captain in the Intelligence Division at Army Headquarters in 1895, he became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters in 1896.^[3]

He took part in the Nile expedition in 1898, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 16 November 1898. In early 1902 he became Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters, with the substantive rank of colonel dated 1 January 1902.^[4] He was appointed Commander of 11th Infantry Brigade and Colchester Garrison in 1905 and was placed in charge of Administration at Aldershot in 1910.^[3] He became Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1914.^[3]

He served in World War I as Military Secretary and was then placed in charge of Administration at Eastern Command in 1916.^[3] He retired in 1919.^[3]

He was also Colonel of the Durham Light Infantry from 1923 to 1928.^[3]

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