FORBES, ARTHUR [SSNE 501]
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Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Forbes died in Holstein, shortly after his arrival in Danish-Norwegian service in 1626. He was in Colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment. His son [SSNE 502] died soon after him in the same service. He is mentioned by William Forbes [SSNE 2262] in his "Memoriale“ as "Arthur Forbes of Towir".R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (2 vols., London, 1637), II, The List of the Scottish Officers in Chiefe; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p.187); T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.130; Detlev PLEISS, Das Kriegstagebuch des schwedischen Offiziers William Forbes: Von seiner Landung an der Unterelbe im Sommer 1634 bis zu seiner Rückkehr nach Stade im Winter 1649/50, in: Stader Jahrbuch Neue Folge 85, (1995), pp. 135-153, p. 152. Thanks to Dr Bernd Warlich for this last reference.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT
- Departed 1626-12-31, as LIEUTENANT COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY