CUNNINGHAM, RICHARD [SSNE 2402]
- Surname
- CUNNINGHAM, CONINGHAM
- First name
- RICHARD
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN
- Nationality
- SCOT
Text source
A captain Cunningham was apparently sent to the Scots Brigade on 14 April 1682 to serve as a soldier. The Dutch records show a new officer Richard Cunningham swearing into Dutch service on 22 December 1683. It is possible they were the same manJ. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), p.505; D. Dobson 'Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe [part one] (St Andrews, 1997).
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, DUTCH ARMY
- Arrived 1682-01-01, as SOLDIER
- Departed 1684-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY