| 词条 | William Franklyn (British Army officer) |
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| name =Sir William Franklyn | image = | caption = | birth_date =1856 | death_date =1914 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial =Paddington old Cemetery | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch ={{army|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears =1874–1914 | rank =Lieutenant-General | unit =Green Howards | commands =2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment 10th Brigade 4th Division 3rd Division | battles = | awards =Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath | relations =Harold Franklyn (son) | laterwork = }} Lieutenant-General Sir William Edmund Franklyn {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (1856–1914) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary. Military careerFranklyn was commissioned into the 19th Regiment of Foot in 1874.[1] He transferred to the Yorkshire Regiment in 1881 and was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Aldershot in 1888.[1] He was made Commanding Officer of 2nd Bn the Yorkshire Regiment and served on the North West Frontier in India in 1897.[1] He was made Assistant Adjutant General for Scottish District in 1898 and Assistant Military Secretary at Army Headquarters in 1899.[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902,[2][3] and received the decoration from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.[4] He became Commander of 10th Infantry Brigade with the temporary rank of brigadier-general on 15 October 1902.[5][6] The brigade was based at Shorncliffe Army Camp serving with the 5th Division within the 2nd Army Corps. He was appointed Director of Personal Services at the War Office in 1904.[1] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1906, General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1907[1] and Military Secretary in 1911.[7] In 1914 he was appointed Governor of Malta, despite his lack of war experience, but never took up the appointment.[8] He died later that year.[1] He was given the colonelcy of the Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) in 1906, a position he held until his death in 1914.[9] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Sir William Edmund Franklyn Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Charles Knox}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding the 4th Division|years=1906–1907}}{{s-aft|after=Herbert Belfield}}2. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The Coronation Honours |day_of_week=Thursday |date=26 June 1902 |page_number=5 |issue=36804| }} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27448 |date=26 June 1902|page=4190|supp=y}} 4. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Court Circular |day_of_week=Saturday |date=25 October 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36908| }} 5. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Army Corps appointments| day_of_week=Friday |date=12 September 1902 |page_number=6 |issue=36871}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27483|date=17 October 1902|page=6569}} 7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=28539|page=7283|date=6 October 1911}} 8. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=689&dat=19140811&id=jh8cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pFUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3824,3579682 Gossip & Notables] The Montreal Daily Mail, 11 August 1914 9. ^{{cite web|title=The Green Howards|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/019Green.htm|work=Regiments.Org|accessdate=28 July 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024090000/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/019Green.htm|archivedate=24 October 2007}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Arthur Wynne}}{{s-ttl|title=Military Secretary|years=1911–1914}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Alfred Codrington}} |-{{s-bef|before=William Spencer Cooper}}{{s-ttl|title=Colonel of Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)|years=1906–1914}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Edward Stanislaus Bulfin}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Franklyn, William}} 5 : 1856 births|1914 deaths|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|British Army generals|Green Howards officers |
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