MELDRUM, ANDREW [SSNE 318]

Surname

MELDRUM

First name

ANDREW, ANDREAS

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

IRISH

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

Andrew Meldrum is listed as having served in the Danish navy, but in 1676 was taken into the army as a captain in the Fyn national infantry regiment. He was captured at Lund in 1676, wounded in Malmo as a prisoner in 1677. He was a reformed captain in September 1677 and lodged with Col. Thomas Meldrum. In 1678 he was in Prince Frederik's regiment's Bahus campaign. He remained in that regiment until 1684.

J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814 (12 vols. compiled 1888-1907), VII, vol.2; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.92.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, NAVY

Arrived 1676-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1684-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY

Arrived 1676-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1684-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY