The Regiment's Commanding Officers - Between Rogers and Simcoe (Part Two)

The Regiment's Commanding Officers - Between Rogers and Simcoe (Part Two)

John Graves Simcoe’s deeds are well documented, and while he deserves much credit, it is doubtful that the Regiment he commanded would have been as successful as it was without the efforts of Christopher French and James Wemyss. It was Wemyss after all who commanded at Brandywine.

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The Regiment's Commanding Officers From Rogers to Simcoe (Part One)

The Regiment's Commanding Officers From Rogers to Simcoe (Part One)

Most people with a passing familiarity with the Queen’s York Rangers know that the first Commanding Officer was Robert Rogers.  The next most famous commander of the Regiment is John Graves Simcoe.  And while both men commanded the Regiment during the American Revolution, Simcoe did not succeed Rogers directly – there were two other Commanding Officers between their tenures.  These two men, Christopher French and James Wemyss, are little known officers whose history deserves to be shared

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