George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe
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George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe was a career officer and a brigadier general in the British Army. He was described by James Wolfe as "the best officer in the British Army". He was killed in the French and Indian War in a skirmish at Fort Ticonderoga the day before the Battle of Carillon, an ultimately disastrous attempt by the British to capture French-controlled Fort Carillon.
George Augustus, 3rd Viscount Howe, Half-Length, Wearing the Uniform of the 55th Foot, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Howe's memorial in Westminster Abbey
Howe's burial marker in St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany, New York. It is the only burial marker for a British peer in the U.S.
James Wolfe
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James Wolfe was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec.
"Major General Wolfe. Who, at the Expence of his Life, purchased immortal Honour for his Country, and planted, with his own Hand, the British Laurel, in the inhospitable Wilds of North America, By the Reduction of Quebec, Septr. 13th. 1759." Portrait attributed to Joseph Highmore.
Wolfe statue at his birthplace Westerham, Kent
Wolfe first saw action at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743.
During the Jacobite rising of 1745, Wolfe fought at the decisive Battle of Culloden in Scotland in April 1746. An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 by David Morier.