KERR, WILLIAM [SSNE 466]

Surname

KERR, KARR, KER

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

William Kerr was in Danish-Norwegian service from 15 March 1626 in Colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment. He was wounded in action at Eckernforde in 1628, and appointed to the rank of lieutenant by 4 October the same year. He received further promotion to lieutenant captain by the summer 1629, but was reformed soon after. he left service with the rank of captain. A Lieutenant Captain William Kerr was billeted in Langeland between October 1628 and May 1629

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, pp.126 and 128.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1626-03-15, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1629-10-04, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY