William Franklyn (British Army officer)
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Lieutenant General Sir William Edmund Franklyn KCB
(1856–1914) was a senior British Army
officer who went on to be Military Secretary.
in 1881 and was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Aldershot
in 1888. He was made Commanding Officer
of 2nd Bn the Yorkshire Regiment and served on the North West Frontier
in India in 1897. He was made Assistant Adjutant General for Scottish District
in 1898 and Assistant Military Secretary at Army Headquarters in 1899.
He became Commander of 10th Infantry Brigade in 1902 and Director of Personal Services at the War Office
in 1904. He went on to be General Officer Commanding
4th Division
in 1906, General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1907 and Military Secretary in 1911. In 1914 he was appointed Governor of Malta, despite his lack of war experience, but never took up the appointment. He died later that year.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(1856–1914) was a senior British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
officer who went on to be Military Secretary.
Military career
Franklyn was commissioned into the 19th Regiment of Foot in 1874. He transferred to the Yorkshire RegimentYorkshire Regiment
The Yorkshire Regiment is one of the largest infantry regiments of the British Army. The regiment is currently the only line infantry or rifles unit to represent a single geographical county in the new infantry structure, serving as the county regiment of Yorkshire covering the historical areas...
in 1881 and was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Aldershot
Aldershot Command
-History:After the success of the Chobham Manoeuvres of 1853, a permanent training camp was established at Aldershot in 1854 on the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief, Viscount Hardinge...
in 1888. He was made Commanding Officer
Commanding officer
The commanding officer is the officer in command of a military unit. Typically, the commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitude to run the unit as he sees fit, within the bounds of military law...
of 2nd Bn the Yorkshire Regiment and served on the North West Frontier
North-West Frontier (military history)
The North-West Frontier was the most difficult area, from a military point of view, of the former British India in the Indian sub-continent. It remains the frontier of present-day Pakistan, extending from the Pamir Knot in the north to the Koh-i-Malik Siah in the west, and separating the...
in India in 1897. He was made Assistant Adjutant General for Scottish District
Scottish Command
-History:The Command was established in 1905 at Edinburgh Castle but moved to Craigiehall in the early 1950s.Since 1936 the General Officer Commanding Scottish Command has also always been appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle....
in 1898 and Assistant Military Secretary at Army Headquarters in 1899.
He became Commander of 10th Infantry Brigade in 1902 and Director of Personal Services at the War Office
War Office
The War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence...
in 1904. He went on to be General Officer Commanding
General Officer Commanding
General Officer Commanding is the usual title given in the armies of Commonwealth nations to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC II Corps or GOC 7th Armoured Division...
4th Division
4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
The 4th Infantry Division is a regular British Army division with a long history having been present at the Peninsular War the Crimean War , the First World War , and during the Second World War.- Napoleonic Wars :...
in 1906, General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1907 and Military Secretary in 1911. In 1914 he was appointed Governor of Malta, despite his lack of war experience, but never took up the appointment. He died later that year.