Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers.
Died: 12 July 1915 aged 29 in Turkey. Killed in action in Gallipoli.
Battle: Gallipoli Campaign. Cemetery: Redoubt Cemetery Helles XI C 7
Son of James Woolley Roberts and Claudine Celia Elizabeth Roberts, Westfield, Kersal, Manchester, b. 1886.
Lower Modern III—Lower Modern I. House Prefect. XL Football.
Solicitor (Honours) 1909; John Peacock Prize 1909.
Great War, 2nd Lieutenant 7th Lancashire Fusiliers 1914.
'He was admitted Solicitor in 1909 after passing the Final Examination with Honours and winning the "John Peacock" Prize open to candidates in the Manchester district. In August 1914, together with his elder brother, J. B. Roberts (who was rejected on medical grounds) he volunteered for service and obtained a commission in the 7th Batt. Lancashire Fusiliers. From September to May he was with his regiment in Egypt. He was killed in action in the Gallipoli Peninsula on June 12th.' (Malvernian, Jul 1915).