SCOTT, WILLIAM [SSNE 338]

Surname

SCOTT, SKOTTE, SCHOTTEN

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

ENSIGN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

William Scott is listed as an ensign in the Danish-Norwegian army. He was in Gyldenlove's Bergenhus infantry regiment in Norway from 1676-1677

J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch, (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814', (12 vols. Copenhagen, compiled 1888-1907), X, vol.2; O. Ovenstad, Militaerbiografier: Den Norske Haers Officerer (Oslo, 1948), p.391; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.95.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, NORWEGIAN ARMY

Arrived 1676-04-21, as ENSIGN

Departed 1677-08-29, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY