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John Forbes (5 September 1707 – 11 March 1759) was a Scottish professional soldier who served in the British Army from 1729 until his death in 1759. During the 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War , he commanded the 1758 Forbes Expedition that occupied the French outpost of Fort Duquesne , now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .
Dunfermline. Brigadier General John Forbes (or Fforbes) lived from 5 September 1707 to March 11, 1759. He was a British Army officer best known for his role in the French and Indian War, the North American end of the Seven Years' War.
John Forbes (5 September 1707 – 11 March 1759) served in the British Army during the French and Indian War. In 1758, he commanded an expedition, with Lieutenant-Colonel George Washington leading a provincial militia, that occupied the French outpost of Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
John Forbes (5 September 1707 – 11 March 1759) was a British general in the French and Indian War. He is best known for leading the Forbes Expedition that captured the French outpost at Fort Duquesne and for naming the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after British Secretary of State William Pitt the Elder .
Major-General Robert Bowles (1744–1812), Commander in Chief, Bombay Army; Major-General John Francis Bowman, Director General Army Legal Corps; Brigadier Peter Christopher Bowser CBE, Royal Corps of Transport; Major-General Sir Gerald Boyd; Brigadier Sir John Boyd; Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers. Edited by Stephen K Roberts. Compiled by Tim Wales. This resource contains the names of over 4,000 officers who served in the armies of Parliament during the first English civil war (1642-6), and in some cases subsequently.
In early 1644 Colonel John Alderley was acting as a commissary officer for Sir Thomas Myddelton, in and around the London area, especially in procuring transport; on 23 Mar. Myddelton authorised the payment to Alderley of £50 ‘towards the paying for wagons and carriages by him brought’ (TNA, SP28/346 Part 1, no. 32).
The British Army Director of Reserves is responsible for ensuring that the Army adopts optimal policies and strategies for developing and employing Reserves, represents the Army strategic view on Reserves both to Defence and externally, is a member of the Army Board and, as the Army’s senior reservist officer, provides the Army Executive ...
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John Forbes was a Scottish professional soldier who served in the British Army from 1729 until his death in 1759. Wikipedia
- September 5, 1707, Dunfermline, Scotland
- March 11, 1759, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- University of Edinburgh
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