Armed Forces Service Records | The National Archives
WEBArmed forces service records containing records of individuals' service in the British armed forces. Pre First World War and general: Annotated copies of published Army Lists recording...
Franklin's lost expedition - Wikipedia
WEBFranklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether ...
James Franklin (naturalist) - Wikipedia
WEBJames Franklin (c. 1783 – 31 August 1834) was a British soldier. He was the brother of Sir John Franklin. James Franklin entered the service of the British East India Company as a cadet in 1805. He served with distinction on various Indian surveys and was elected a member of the Royal Society.
James Franklin - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBMar 4, 2015 · James Munroe Franklin, First World War soldier (born 12 October 1899 in Whitaker, Mississippi; died 8 October 1916 in France). Franklin, a private in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), was one of the first Black …
Benjamin Franklin - American Battlefield Trust
WEBIn October 1776, Franklin was assigned the duty of Ambassador to France. To beat the British, the colonist needed European aid, and it was Franklin's mission to convince France to help the United States. While in France, Franklin made connections with French politicians and the monarchy.
Founding Fathers: Quotes, Facts & Documents | HISTORY
WEBJan 30, 2019 · All the Founding Fathers, including the first four U.S. presidents, at one point considered themselves British subjects.
When Ben Franklin Met the Battlefield | Smithsonian
WEBOct 7, 2010 · Franklin was made a military commander because of his experience in the Pennsylvania Assembly. Having lived through clashes between the French and British in the 1740s, he understood the...
British Army soldiers of the Second World War - The National Archives
WEBThis is a guide to finding records of soldiers who served with the British Army in the Second World War. The ranks covered include Private, Lance Corporal, Corporal, Sergeant, and...
From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 18 April 1765
WEBJan 12, 2002 · From the Army’s point of view the principal difficulty was the colonists’ contention that those sections of the British Mutiny Act that regulated quartering did not apply to them because they had never been specifically extended to America by Parliament.
Benjamin Franklin and the Pamphlet Wars
WEBMar 17, 2020 · Franklin was a prolific pamphleteer, with examples dating from 1729, when he turned to the format to argue for paper currency in the colonies. He employed the medium again in 1764 on the heels of the Conestoga massacres.