BOWIE, JOHN [SSNE 242]

Surname

BOWIE, BUE, BUIDHE?

First name

JOHN, JOHAN

Title/rank

ENSIGN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

John Bowie (Buidhe?) appears to have been one of the Scots recruited for Swedish service in 1611 who formed part of the ill-fated Kringen expedition. These soldiers and their entourage were attacked and many killed by local farmers, and those who survived were taken into Danish-Norwegian military service

T. Michell, History of the Scottish Expedition to Norway in 1612, (Christiania, 1886), pp.142-3, 157-9, 177-8; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.110.

Service record

SWEDEN, SWEDISH ARMY

Arrived 1612-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1612-02-28, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY,

Arrived 1612-03-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1612-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity PRISONER, purpose MISC