FAMOUS SOLDIER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21417, 15 February 1933, Page 10

FAMOUS SOLDIER

.oARMY MOURNS LOSS LATE SIR-.W. ROBERTSON i THEIR MAJESTIES* TRIBUTE ' valuable war service By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received February 14, 9.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY. Feb. 13 By the death of Field-Marshal Sir "William Robertson. Britain has lost one of her most famous soldiers, and the only man who ever rose from the rank of trooper, to the highest position in the Army.' He rose by sheer merit and force of character. He was held in the highest esteem and affection by the whole Armv, from the highest to the lowest ranks, as well as by the general public. Many tributes have come from the highest in the land to the late Field Marshal's outstanding qualities. During later years ho had taken a leading part in the antiavar movement, speaking with unrivalled knowledge from many platforms. He had warned/ the nations in blunt language of the horrors which must attend any future war. It is understood that in accordance ■with a desire expressed by himself the late Field Marshal's burial will be private, although the first part of the service will be hcl4 in Westminster Abbey. In a message to Lady Robertson the King and Queen referred to the esteem in which they had held her husband and addpd: "The Army will mourn tho loss of one of its senior Field Marshals, whose remarkable career and invaluable service in the Great War will ever bo recorded in military history."