MENZIES, THOMAS [SSNE 5194]
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Thomas Menzes served first as a captain in a company of Gyldenløves life dragoon regiment in 1679. After the war with Sweden, Menzes could be found as a captain and chief in the Akershus garrison company from 26 August 1680 until his transfer to the Smalenske national infantry in 1682. He later transferred to Lt. Colonel Roodt's Dragoons the following year. He was promoted to the rank of major in January 1685 and died in January 1689O. Ovenstad, Militaerbiografier: Den Norske Haers Officerer (Oslo,1949), vol. II, p.169; A. F. Jensen, Kavaleriet: Norge 1200-1994 (Trandum, 1995), p.175.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, GYLDENLØVE'S DRAGOONS, NORWAY
- Arrived 1679-05-24, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1679-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- DENMARK-NORWAY, AKERSHUS GARRISON, NORWAY
- Arrived 1680-08-26, as CAPTAIN AND CHIEF
- Departed 1681-12-31, as CAPTAIN AND CHIEF
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- DENMARK-NORWAY, SMÅLENSKE INF REGT, NORWAY
- Arrived 1682-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1682-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- DENMARK-NORWAY, ROODT'S DRAGOONS, NORWAY
- Arrived 1683-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1689-01-14, as MAJOR
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY