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| 1727 | Birth |  |
| 2nd Jan Westerham Birth of James Wolfe, Westerham, Kent, elder son of a Lieutenant-Colonel
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| 1741 | 44th Foot | |
| Commissioned to the 44th Foot, a marine regiment
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| 1742 | 12th Foot | |
| Appointed Member of the 12th Foot
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| 1743 | Battle of Dettingen | |
| 27th June Dettingen Serves as an acting adjutant, aged 16
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| 1743 | Lieutenant | |
| Appointed Lieutenant
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| 1744 | Lieutenant | |
| Appointed Commander of the 4th Foot Company
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| 1745 | Aide de Campe | |
| London Appointed Aide-de-Camp to General Hawley
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| 1745 | Brigadier General | |
| London Appointed Brigade-Major
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| 1746 | Battle of Culloden Moor | |
| 16th April Culloden Moor Present at the battle of Culloden
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| 1746 | Battle of Falkirk | |
| 17th Jan Falkirk Present at the battle of Falkirk against Prince Charles Edward Stuart
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| 1747 | Battle of Laufield | |
| 2nd July Laufield Wounded in battle
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| 1748 | Major | |
| 5th Jan London Appointed Major, 20th Foot
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| 1749 | Lieutenant | |
| London Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, acting, in the 20th Foot
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| 1750 | Lieutenant | |
| London Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, rank confirmed, in the 20th Foot
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| 1757 | Quartermaster General | |
| London Appointed Quartermaster-General
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| 1758 | Brigadier General | |
| London Appointed Brigadier
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| Appointed Brigadier under Amherst in the campaign against the French in Canada
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| 1758 | Major | |
| London Appointed Major-General by Pitt & given command of the expedition against Quebec
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| 1758 | Siege of Louisborg | |
| 8th June Louisborg Leads the attack on Quebec rowing into Freshwater Cove
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| 26th July Louisborg Helps capture Louisberg on Cape Breton Island to move up the St Lawrence
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| 1759 | Battle of Plains of Abraham | |
| 13th Sep Plains of Abr'm Dies during the battle with the knowledge that his forces will capture Quebec
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| 13th Sep Plains of Abr'm French Canada falls after Wolfe's assent above Quebec & forcing Montcalm into Battle
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| 1759 | Death | |
| 13th Sep Plains of Abr'm Death of James Wolfe, during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
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| 1759 | Siege of Quebec | |
| Quebec Arrives with 9,000 British infantry at the head of an expedition to capture Quebec
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| 6th June Louisborg The British expeditionary force gathers 9,000 troops & 22 ships of the line
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| 6th June Louisborg The fleet sets sail for the Gulf of St Lawrence
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| 26th June Quebec Disembarks from Orleans Island with 9,000 men
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| 26th June Isle d'Orleans The British fleet anchors off the Isle d'Orleans just below Quebec
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| 31st July Montmorenci Launches an assault on the Montmorenci heights
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| 13th Sep Quebec Leads 4,800 men up to a position overlooking Quebec
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