LINDSAY, ALEXANDER [SSNE 2946]

Surname

LINDSAY

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Alexander Lindsay joined Swedish service as a cavalryman in 1677. After serving as an NCO in various Pomeranian regiments, he was commissioned as an ensign in the Wismar Garrison regiment in 1701. He served until September 1712 when he was captured at Stade.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1691/26; A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), I, p.411.

Service record

SWEDEN, POMERANIAN (Pommern) REGIMENTS, WISMAR GARRISON, VON BUCHWALD'S

Arrived 1677-01-01, as CAVALRYMAN

Departed 1712-09-07, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY