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| <tab>Marion MacMaster called him as “a cultured and sophisticated gentleman.” Material from a history of the SD&G Regiment which he prepared for regimental use saw newspaper publication in 1944. (//Standard Freeholder// 26 June 1944) He was one of the people who helped prepare the 40-page booklet called //Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders: a Brief History: 1784-1945: Presented to Members of the First Battalion upon Their Return from Overseas// (1945). He was a member of “The Regimental Historical Committee” of 19 members appointed in connection with the preparation of Col. Boss’s 1952 history of the SDG Regiment. Franklin contributed a few pages of “Anecdotes from Military Life” to the 10th //Annual Volume// (1970-1971) of the Glengarry Historical Society. He edited his World War I diary for family use. Marion MacMaster reprints a few passages in her sketch of his life. In one passage he wrote, “Late in October 1918 I was among several hundred officers and nurses called to Buckingham Palace for the investiture of the Military Cross by King George V… HM actually shook hands with me.” W.J. Franklin’s brothers Arthur and Harry were well-known farmers in the Laggan area. Harry was also one of two or three Glengarrians of his time widely known for their zeal and expertise as hunters. W.J. Franklin’s sister Margaret (Mrs Charles N. Power) was a nursing sister overseas in World War II. Marion MacMaster was married to W.J. Franklin’s nephew. | <tab>Marion MacMaster called him as “a cultured and sophisticated gentleman.” Material from a history of the SD&G Regiment which he prepared for regimental use saw newspaper publication in 1944. (//Standard Freeholder// 26 June 1944) He was one of the people who helped prepare the 40-page booklet called //Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders: a Brief History: 1784-1945: Presented to Members of the First Battalion upon Their Return from Overseas// (1945). He was a member of “The Regimental Historical Committee” of 19 members appointed in connection with the preparation of Col. Boss’s 1952 history of the SDG Regiment. Franklin contributed a few pages of “Anecdotes from Military Life” to the 10th //Annual Volume// (1970-1971) of the Glengarry Historical Society. He edited his World War I diary for family use. Marion MacMaster reprints a few passages in her sketch of his life. In one passage he wrote, “Late in October 1918 I was among several hundred officers and nurses called to Buckingham Palace for the investiture of the Military Cross by King George V… HM actually shook hands with me.” W.J. Franklin’s brothers Arthur and Harry were well-known farmers in the Laggan area. Harry was also one of two or three Glengarrians of his time widely known for their zeal and expertise as hunters. W.J. Franklin’s sister Margaret (Mrs Charles N. Power) was a nursing sister overseas in World War II. Marion MacMaster was married to W.J. Franklin’s nephew. |
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| <tab>For another sergeant-at-arms, see Donald William Macdonell. | <tab>For another sergeant-at-arms, see [[macdonell_donald_william|Donald William Macdonell]]. |
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