General William Robertson and Marshal Foch, Cologne, 1919
Here we see General William Robertson, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of Occupation in 1919 and Marshal Foch, during a visit by the Marshal to Cologne in May 1919. Robertson was Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1916-18 and the only man ever to rise from being an enlisted man (trooper in the cavalry) to Field Marshal in the British Army.
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Rickard, J (31 May 2026), General William Robertson and Marshal Foch, Cologne, 1919 , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_robertson_foch_cologne.html
