FORBES THE YOUNGER, ARTHUR [SSNE 502]
- Surname
- FORBES THE YOUNGER
- First name
- ARTHUR
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
Arthur Forbes was the son of Lt. Colonel Arthur Forbes [SSNE 501]. Like his father he entered Danish-Norwegian service and was in Colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment. He died of wounds received in action at Oldenburg in September 1627J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p. 188; R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (2 vols., London, 1637), I, pp. 18 and 31-2); T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.130.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT
- Arrived 1626-01-01
- Departed 1627-09-30, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY