ALLAN, GAVIN [SSNE 488]

Surname

ALLAN, ALLEN

First name

GAVIN

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Gavin Allan was an officer in Danish-Norwegian service. He was a lieutenant in colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment and he took part in the raid on Eckernforde in April 1628

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.129 (Mackay 1879, p. 188; R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (London, 1637) I, pp. 51 and 65.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1628-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1628-10-04, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY