SHORTREED, GEOFFREY [SSNE 551]

Surname

SHORTREED, SCHORTERD

First name

GEOFFREY, JEFFERE

Title/rank

PROVOST MARTIAL

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Geoffrey Shortreed? served the Danish-Norwegian army in 1628. He was the provost martial garrisoned at Stade until the town's fall April 1628. He received his reckoning by 18/10/1628. Riis notes him as Scottish

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.136.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, STADE

Arrived 1628-01-01, as PROVOST MARTIAL

Departed 1628-10-04, as PROVOST MARTIAL

Capacity PROVOST MARTIAL, purpose MILITARY