Deletion of Horace George Victor Roberts

Comment: The |General Notability Guidelines require ''Significant Coverage in Reliable Sources''. Contrary to what people often say, it is not that difficult to find this sort of coverage - I've been able to locate reliable sources from the 1850s, after all - and the information would definitely be available from the WW1 & WW2 periods. I'm a member of the Military History WikiProject and I need to point out that there are strict notability criteria |for Armed Forces Personnel - in this specific case, Horace Roberts would have needed to be at least Brigadier rank, or to have earned the Victoria Cross, to meet these guidelines but that can be overruled if it can be shown that the General Notability Guidelines are met. What I suggest is that you (straight away) copy this article to your Sandbox and continue to work on it there, and then submit it for review when you're finished. In its current form it's definitely eligible for Speedy Deletion and that can happen at any time without warning. The article doesn't mention a lot of key facts and it definitely will need citations and references (they don't have to be Online sources, they can be published books for example). As a further suggestion, once you've saved the article to your sandbox you might want to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history - you'd be able to post a request there for assistance with your article and I've always found the editors there to be very well-informed and helpful
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:SOLDIER)

Comment: there needs to be significant coverage in |reliable secondary sources for an article to meet the |general notability guideline and have an article. At present this article has just one citation to a primary source. As a colonel awarded the Military Cross, he also falls short of , as he was not a general officer, did not command a division or formation of similar size, and was not awarded his country's highest award (VC/GC) or receive multiple awards of the next highest (DSO?). By all means, keep looking for reliable secondary sources, but on face value, he doesn't meet the GNG. Regards
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:GNG||WP:SOLDIER)