John Forbes (5 September 1707 - March 11, 1759) was a British general in the French and Indian War who is best known for leading the Forbes Expedition that captured the French outpost at Fort Duquesne. Forbes was born in Pittencrief, Fife, Scotland in 1707. The son of an army officer, Forbes intended to study medicine, but in his second year as a medical student, he decided to become a soldier. Wikipedia
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John Forbes began his military career, after abandoning a medical one, by purchasing a cornets commission in the Scots Greys, dated 16July1735. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35465
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