GORDON, ALEXANDER [SSNE 3900]

Surname

GORDON

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

ENSIGN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Alexander Gordon was a Scottish officer in Russian service. He fought at the rank of ensign in the Smolensk war (1632-4)along with his namesake Captain Alexander Gordon [SSNE 3897]

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996).

Service record

RUSSIA, SMOLENSK REGIMENTS

Arrived 1632-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1632-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY