Major General Edward Braddock
(1695-1755)
Died aged c. 60
Wikidata WikipediaMajor-General Edward Braddock (January 1695 – 13 July 1755) was a British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American front of what is known in Europe and Canada as the Seven Years' War (1756–1763). He is generally best remembered for his command of a disastrous expedition against the French-occupied Ohio River Valley in 1755; he was killed in the effort.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
This memorial was erected in 1907 by the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia to mark the road over which on April 14 1755 a division of the British Army under General Braddock marched on its way to Fort Duquesne.
grounds of the National Cathedral, Washington, DC, United States where they marched