Robert Home (officer)

Robert Home CB, FRGS
Likeness engraved from a photograph by Bassano, The Illustrated London News, 22 February 1879
Born	(1837-12-29)29 December 1837 Antigua, British West Indies
Died	29 January 1879(1879-01-29) (aged 41) London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service	British Army Royal Engineers
Years of service	1856–1879
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Third Ashantee War Battle of Amoaful (WIA)

Robert Home, CB, FRGS (29 December 1837 – 29 January 1879) was an English officer in the British Army, rising to the rank of colonel in the Royal Engineers. After ably reporting on the defence of the Canadian frontier in 1864, impressing the authorities, he was appointed deputy-assistant quartermaster-general at Aldershot in 1866 and secretary of the Royal Engineers standing scientific committee in 1870, and entered the topographical department of the War Office in 1871. Promoted to major, he was commanding Royal Engineer during the Ashantee War of 1873. He was appointed assistant quartermaster-general at headquarters in 1876, reported on the defences of Constantinople during the Russo-Turkish War, and was breveted colonel. He published A Précis of Modern Tactics in 1873.