WIND, HENRY [SSNE 6935]

Surname

WIND, WYND

First name

HENRY

Title/rank

VOLUNTEER

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

Master Henry Wind was noted as an English volunteer in the Swedish army in 1631. The fact he was named in the Swedish Intelligencer suggests he was an officer, or at least a person of rank. He was in the first wave on the assault of Creuznach in early 1631 and was shot in the shoulder

The Swedish Intelligencer: The Second Part (London, 1632), pp.81-83.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, SWEDEN, HAMILTON'S ARMY

Arrived 1630-06-08, as VOLUNTEER

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY