Wayne Franks

History

BA Honours History, Concordia University. Living history with the King’s Rangers and other 18th-century units — field columns, encampments, and firing demonstrations. Family-history research lives on the Genealogy page.

  • Wayne Franks in King’s Rangers uniform with musket, First Battalion banner behind a canvas tent

    King’s Rangers, First Battalion — Ottawa, 1988

  • Re-enactors in Continental-style uniforms saluting dignitaries on a reviewing stand

    Historical interpretation before a reviewing stand

  • Militia line in 18th-century dress marching across a field with water and hills beyond

    Living history — field column

  • Two ranks of re-enactors firing muskets, white powder smoke drifting across the hillside

    Firing line

  • Re-enactors in green coats with red facings standing beside a small field cannon

    Camp and field gun

  • Militia and camp followers in period dress standing with muskets before white canvas tents

    Encampment

  • Militia in hunting shirts under trees, one kneeling with a long rifle

    Woods and camp

  • Two re-enactors in camp with muskets, canvas tents behind them

    In camp