GORDON, ALEXANDER [SSNE 3897]
- Surname
- GORDON
- First name
- ALEXANDER
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN AND COMPANY COMMANDER
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
Alexander Gordon served as captain, regimental quartermaster and company commander in the Russian army under Alexander Leslie [SSNE 2916] in 1632. He fought in the Smolensk war as a colonel of dragoons 1633-4D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996).
Service record
- RUSSIA, ALEXANDER LESLIE
- Arrived 1632-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1632-12-31, as COMMANDER
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- RUSSIA, DRAGOONS
- Arrived 1633-01-01, as COLONEL
- Departed 1634-12-31, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY