Education
Frederick Robb was educated at Harrow School, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
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Frederick Robb was educated at Harrow School, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
He was commissioned into the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) in 1880. He became Adjutant of his Regiment in 1890 before going on to be a Brigade Major at Aldershot in 1892. Appointed a Staff Captain in the Intelligence Division at Army Headquarters in 1895, he became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters in 1896.
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. He was appointed Commander of 11th Infantry Brigade and Colchester Garrison in 1905 and was placed in charge of Administration at Aldershot in 1910.
He became Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1914. He served in World War I as Military Secretary and was then placed in charge of Administration at Eastern Command in 1916.
He retired in 1919. He was also Colonel of the Durham Light Infantry from 1923 to 1928.