CUNNINGHAM, JOHN [SSNE 1689]

Surname
CUNNINGHAM
First name
JOHN, JOHAN
Title/rank
REG. BARBER/SURGEON
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

John Cunningham was a Scottish officer who served in the Swedish army. From 1609 to 1615 he was the regimental barber and by 1612 is noted as a surgeon in Colonel Samuel Cockburn's [SSNE 4219] regiment

T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.224; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1615/19

Service record

SWEDEN, SAMUEL COCKBURN
Arrived 1609-01-01, as REG. BARBER
Departed 1615-12-31, as REG. BARBER SURGEON
Capacity OFFICER, MEDICAL DOCTOR, SURGEON, purpose MILITARY, MEDICINE, MEDICAL