south-west of the city – hence the name Roberts Heights. Roberts Heights, a busy military town, the largest in South Africa and resembling Aldershot, soon developed. On 15 December 1938, the name was changed to Voortrekkerhoogte and again to Thaba Tshwane on 19 May 1998. On a visit to the Victoria Falls, one of the larger islands just upstream of the Falls was named Kandahar Island in his honour. The grave of Roberts' charger Vonolel (named after a Lushai King whose descendants Roberts had fought in 1871) is marked by a headstone in the gardens of The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, in Dublin. Notes References External links Lord Roberts' British Honours Account of Earl Roberts' funeral Frederick Roberts and the long road to Kandahar National Portrait Gallery: Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832–1914), Field Marshal |- 1832 births 1914 deaths Graduates of Addiscombe Military Seminary People of Anglo-Irish descent Bengal Artillery officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Commanders-in-Chief of India British field marshals British military personnel of the Abyssinian War British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 British military personnel of the Lushai Expedition British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War British military personnel of the Umbeyla Campaign Burials at St Paul's Cathedral Commanders-in-Chief, Ireland Commanders-in-chief of Madras Deaths from pneumonia in France Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Fellows of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knights of St Patrick Garter Knights appointed by Edward VII Knights of the Order of St John Members of the Order of Merit Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Members of the Madras Legislative Council People educated at Eton College Irish knights People from Ascot, Berkshire People from Kanpur Royal Artillery officers Lancashire Militia officers Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria Peers created by Edward VII Military personnel of British India Members of the Council of the Governor General of India