ABERCROMBIE, ROBERT [SSNE 5016]
- Surname
- ABERCROMBIE, ABERCROMBY
- First name
- ROBERT
- Title/rank
- PROVOST
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- Social status
- Education
- Religion
Text source
A Robert Abercrombie was listed among the Scottish prisoners taken at the battle of Callo on 15 March 1639. A man of the same name served as Provost in the Scots Brigade in 1643.J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands,1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp.329, 452.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE
- Arrived 1639-01-01, as SOLDIER
- Departed 1643-12-31, as PROVOST MARTIAL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY