BARBOUR, JOHN [SSNE 491]

Surname
BARBOUR
First name
JOHN
Title/rank
LIEUTENANT
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

John Barbour was an officer in Colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment in Danish-Norwegian service. He was killed in action at Breitenburg 1627

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.129; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p. 187; R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (London, 1637), I, p. 39.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT
Arrived 1627-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
Departed 1627-12-31, as LIEUTENANT
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY