James Wolfe Biography

Birth of James Wolfe, Westerham, Kent, elder son of a Lieutenant Colonel

Commissioned to the 44th Foot, a marine regiment

Appointed Member of 12th Foot

Appointed Lieutenant

Serves as an acting adjutant, aged 16

Appointed Commander of the 4th Foot Company

Appointed Aide-de-Camp to General Hawley

Appointed Brigade-Major

Present at the Battle of Falkirk against Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Present at the Battle of Culloden

Wounded in battle

Appointed Major, Twentieth Foot

Appointed Lieutenant Colonel, acting, in the Twentieth Foot

Appointed Lieutenant Colonel, rank confirmed, in the Twentieth Foot

Appointed Quartermaster General

Appointed Brigadier

Appointed Brigadier under Amherst in the campaign against the French in Canada

Appointed Major General by Pitt & given command of the expedition against Quebec

Appointed Major General by Pitt & given command of the expedition against Quebec

Leads the attack on Quebec rowing into Freshwater Cove

Helps capture Louisberg on Cape Breton Island to move up the St Lawrence

Arrives with 9,000 British infantry at the head of an expedition to capture Quebec

The British expeditionary force gathers 9,000 troops & 22 ships of the line

The fleet sets sail for the Gulf of St Lawrence. The British expeditionary force gathers 9,000 troops & 22 ships of the line

The British fleet anchors off the Isle dOrleans just below Quebec

Disembarks from Orleans Island with 9,000 men

Launches an assault on the Montmorenci heights

French Canada falls after Wolfes assent above Quebec & forcing Montcalm into Battle. Dies during the battle with the knowledge that his forces will capture Quebec

Death of James Wolfe, during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

Leads 4,800 men up to a position overlooking Quebec