FORBUS, PETER [SSNE 2254]

Surname

FORBUS, FORBES

First name

PETER, PETTER

Title/rank

ENSIGN

Nationality

SWEDISH

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

Peter Forbes served as a cavalryman in Below's Cavalry Regiment. He transferred to serve as a corporal in the Enkedrottnings Livregiment in Pomerania. After this service Forbes transferred to the Pomeranian Infantry Regiment where he became an ensign in October 1706.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1698/5-15; 1701/10,11,13,14; A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), I, p.205.

Service record

SWEDEN, BELOW'S, ENKEDROTTNING'S, POMERANIAN (Pommern) INFANTRY

Arrived 1698-01-01, as SERGEANT

Departed 1706-10-22, as ENSIGN

Capacity NCO, OFFICER, purpose MILITARY